Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why is it important to acquire plants for South African rail?

TMH Africa completes purchase of DCD Rolling Stock factory
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/tmh-africa-completes-purchase-of-dcd-rolling-stock-factory.html

Since most of South African rail networks consist of narrow gauge rails, the country has to find out plants to produce trains for narrow gauge. So, it's a big deal.
Though the gauge is the same as most of the JR lines in Japan, it would be rip-off to import train sets from Japan's manufacturer.