November 2021 - Project under planning stage; March 2021 - State companies are looking for investors, construction partners, and companies that can commit to moving volume freight over the link; December 2019 - Transnet Freight Rail and Swaziland Railway signed MoU for project; October 2017 - Project approved; Project entails construction of a 150 km long new railway link between Lothair in South Africa and Sidvokodvo in Eswatini, formerly known in English as Swaziland; Total Project cost - ZAR29bn (USD1.87bn)