New unit to be set up to oversee rail local-content push

The Department of Public Enterprises and National Treasury will consolidate procurement for locomotives into a single institution, under Transnet, to ensure “efficiency and compliance with the localisation requirements”. The decision to set up the unit was made at the recent Cabinet lekgotla, which took place in Pretoria from August 16 to 19. Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe indicated that it would have oversight over the localisaiton programmes at both Transnet Freight Rail and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).