Transnet, CMI Emtateni terminate controversial R4.2bn Durban port expansion contract

State-owned freight and rail company, Transnet said on Tuesday that its contractor, CMI Emtateni Joint Venture, has terminated its R4.2-billion contract for a megaproject to create deeper berths at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT). This comes after Transnet in November last year stopped all the works in the project and launched a probe into the contract after receiving an unsolicited report from private investigator Paul O’Sullivan’s Forensics for Justice, with allegations of procurement irregularities on the project.