Large-scale infrastructure concessions needed to drive logistics competitiveness

State-owned logistics agency Transnet has taken tentative steps towards limited engagement with the private sector, but there should be large-scale concessions of port and rail capacity to drive competition between ports and rail corridors, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso. The shift in focus towards export competitiveness, which can contribute to putting South Africa on a high-growth and job-creating trajectory, is one of the positive signals from trade and industrial policy changes.