A north-south rail link, completed in 1986, provides a connection between the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) rail network and the South African ports of Richards Bay and Durban.
In May 2010 it was announced that the Nigeria football team would move their base to Richards Bay for the duration of the World Cup.
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In late 2009 a Ghana delegation visited the town, raising speculation that the Ghana football team could base themselves in the town.
The company's principal operations are just north of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in a 2-kilometer wide by 17-kilometer long strip of mineral-rich sand dunes.
In 2009 Transnet Freight Rail placed the first of 110 new Class 19E single cab dual voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service on the Coalink line from Ermelo to Richards Bay.
The Class 39-200 locomotives were placed in service on the line between the Mpumalanga Lowveld and northern KwaZulu-Natal, working from Lydenburg via Swaziland to Golela in northern KwaZulu-Natal, en route to the coal export harbour at Richards Bay.
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