The future of rail transport in South Africa in a deregulated transport environment

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:On 31 March 1990 the South African Transport Services (SATS) ceased toexist and on 1 April 1990 in its place emerged Transnet, a diversifiedtransport company wholly owned by the South African government.Transnet was founded on the understanding that the government mighteventually choose to sell it to the private sector.This study project report discusses the history and events leading up to thecreation of Transnet. Thereafter the advantages and disadvantages ofprivatisation are identified, followed by international privatisation casestudies which provide the basis for a discussion of some of the economicissues behind railway privatisation. The separation of infrastructure fromoperations, which was identified through the case studies as one of the mostcontroversial and far-reaching concepts of railway privatisation, is alsoexamined. Lastly, the study project focuses on the marketing strategySpoornet ought to pursue in order to ensure sufficient high-value freight inthe future.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University