Transnet Freight Rail: TFR managing less than half of its maintenance investment requirements

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is meeting less than half of its necessary maintenance investment, with inflation significantly expanding the gap in year-on-year funding requirements. Further exacerbating this, TFR CE Russell Baatjies said, was the persistent drain on maintenance funds by the need to combat theft, vandalism and network disruptions linked to climate change.