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When a plan fails a border post crashes It appears that last month saw the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border post with Zambia going hightech. Heavyweight plans for TFR Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) hopes soon to be counted among the world’s top five largest railway operators in the world as it pushes its capacity creation agenda under the ambitious Market Demand Strategy (MDS). It currently ranks in the 11th spot. New Durban port manager Current Durban port manager, Thami Ntshingila, is preparing to hand over the reins to his newly appointed successor, Moshe Motlohi. Zim’s H1 import bill almost up to R3bn Zimbabwe’s import bill for the six months to end June 2014 came to US$2.9 billion with the country seeing a rising trade deficit of US$1.7 billion.