“Yesterday we dared to struggle. Today we dare to win”. – Bernadette Devlin
| 1850 | Railway transport proposal for the Cape and Natal harbours. |
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| 1867 | Discovery of diamonds in Kimberly, catalyzing a need for railway and harbour expansions. |
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| 1872 | Cape railway system becomes government property. |
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| 1877 | Natal railway system becomes government property. |
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| 1880S | Rumours of gold deposits in the Transvaal Republic are confirmed. Economic power is shifted from the colonial south to the republican north. |
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| 1910 | Union is achieved and the South African Railway and Harbours administration is established as an arm of the government. |
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| 1930 | The opening of efficient mainliner passenger links and an impressive network of urban and metropolitan train services make South Africa a mobile nation. |
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| 1970s | Government agrees that the SAR&H should restructure itself along business lines. |
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| 1981 | The country’s railway, harbour, road transport, aviation and pipeline operations become known as South African Transport Services (SATS).
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| 1990 | SATS is given company status and renamed Tansnet Limited. |
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| 1994 | Transnet Limited further paves the way in developing South Africa’s transport infrastructure as the envy of the developing world. |
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| 2004 | Transnet announces their four-point turnaround strategy. |
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| 2007 | Transnet announces its Four-point Growth Strategy. |
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| 2007 | Transnet launches its new, unified brand in August. |
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| 2008 | Transnet launches its Culture Charter in joint partnership with unions. |
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