Transnet collapse puts R200 billion industry at risk

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Bliksis said:
I did not read the article, but is that an actual concern by the minister, or is it just journalistic excellence at play? Sometimes the articles twist a story for sensation just for clicks.
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I gave the N24 article a lookie now, imo written mostly for clicks.

The meat of the article mentions "raises concern", for clicks the title becomes fears major job losses.

Modern day journalism my man.
 
Bliksis said:
I did not read the article, but is that an actual concern by the minister, or is it just journalistic excellence at play? Sometimes the articles twist a story for sensation just for clicks.
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Transnet CEO fears major job losses in trucking industry if rail improves

That is one of the wildest statements I've ever heard. Just fix the rail system you muppet. She's failing and the minerals council are calling for her head. She's now lowering the bar and making excuses. She gots to go.
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FiestaST said:
I gave the N24 article a lookie now, imo written mostly for clicks.

The meat of the article mentions "raises concern", for clicks the title becomes fears major job losses.

Modern day journalism my man.
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Either way it's ridiculous. The performance of other companies is not his concern, only his own. And if he's saying that improving the performance of his company would affect another industry, he needs to be fired. It never occurred to him that by growing rail, and therefore the economy, there's room for both.

This is what happens when the feeding trough mentality becomes ingrained. You start to think that there's only so much trough available, rather than how can I grow the trough for all animals...
 
I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning here, but I knew so many project coordinators and project managers at Eskom who jumped ship to Transnet around 2012-2014 because they had even more enticing salary & benefits offerings.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Either way it's ridiculous. The performance of other companies is not his concern, only his own. And if he's saying that improving the performance of his company would affect another industry, he needs to be fired. It never occurred to him that by growing rail, and therefore the economy, there's room for both.

This is what happens when the feeding trough mentality becomes ingrained. You start to think that there's only so much trough available, rather than how can I grow the trough for all animals...
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Ridiculously well put.
 
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