Let business run key infrastrucutre: PnP’s Ackerman

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The head of South African grocer PicknPay Stores urged the government to allow private companies to manage critical infrastructure, as a strike hobbles the nation’s state-owned ports and freight-rail operator. Moneyweb BusinessNews

The head of South African grocer Pick n Pay Stores urged the government to allow private companies to manage critical infrastructure, as a strike hobbles the nation’s state-owned ports and freight-rail operator. Read all our Transnet coverage here.

Business would be willing to “take over the running of infrastructure” from government-owned companies that are unable to manage and properly maintain the nation’s roads, rail and other fixed installations, Pick n Pay Chair Gareth Ackerman said in an interview with News24. Ackerman also reiterated calls made by business during riots last year — in which more than 350 people died — for the vital Mooi River Toll Plaza to be moved.

 

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