Transnet looks to empowerment

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Mining firms mainly owned by black South Africans are to be given ring-fenced capacity on South Africa’s main coal railway. The South African government has long cajoled stateowned and private companies to support its black empowerment policies. In order to overcome the economic and social unfairness of the Apartheid years, companies that are mainly owned by black South Africans are allocated a proportion of contracts in many sectors. Pretoria has set a target for the mining sector of 26% black

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