Transnet receives 30billion rand loan from Chinese bank

04 June 2015 - 13:16
By Reuters

State-owned logistics and freight firm Transnet will pocket a 30 billion rand ($2 billion) loan from the China Development Bank to improve its ageing train fleet, its acting chief executive said on Thursday.

Siyabonga Gama told a news conference on sidelines of World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town that 18 billion rand of the loan amount had already been transferred to the state utility.