Transnet Freight Rail is investigating suspected sabotage along its main coal line.
Transnet Freight Rail is investigating suspected sabotage along its main coal line costing South Africa a billion rand per day, the Sunday TimesOne of the rail transport company’s trains derailed near Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, after TFR received several threats on Monday.
“We were threatened that if we did not respond in a certain way, there would be implications,” the Sunday Times quoted Mabaso as saying. However, citing a government source, the Sunday Times reported that TFR ruled out locomotive or track faults, as the line had undergone significant maintenance in July 2022.To make matters worse, Mabaso said that TFR’s salvage operations were delayed by “violent extortion efforts by the Ulundi Business Forum” that saw one of its employees assaulted.
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