A body advising the minister of transport on setting port tariffs has urged the ports regulator not to grant Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) above-inflation tariff increases — and warned that excessively high tariffs would increase the cost of doing business in South Africa. 

The ports authority has proposed an average tariff adjustment of 7.9% to the Ports Regulator of South Africa for the 2025/26 financial year to meet its R15.6bn revenue target. It also proposed an 18.61% tariff hike for 2026/2027 and an extra 2.52% the following year to raise R18.7bn and R19.4bn respectively. ..

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