Viewpoint: The challenge of pricing South African rail access

This year's International Heavy Haul Association conference is being held in Africa for the first time since 1997.

Photos: Jérémie Anne

Predictable and evidence-based regulation will be needed to support a viable pricing model for access to a vertically separated South African rail network under the government’s reform programme. Economist Sarah Truen explains the challenge.

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