South Africa can fix backlogged ports in a year, Ntshavheni says

South Africa’s ports — ranked among the world’s worst — are improving and state-owned operator Transnet will fix them within the next 12 to 14 months, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said. The new multi-party administration that President Cyril Ramaphosa of the African National Congress set up after a May 29 election failed to produce an outright winner, already has a handle on power supply and is keeping a close eye on water-disruption risks, she said.