Portia Derby’s job is already hard. As Transnet’s new CEO she has to work at cleaning out the rot in the state-owned freight company, which was looted during the so-called state capture years, and get it operating optimally.

She also has to manage perceptions that she will shield her former husband, Brian Molefe, from being implicated in corruption investigations at Transnet. ..

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