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People with disabilities lack accessible public transport in Cape Town

1 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Yaseen Bardien

...PRASA and Metrorail spokesperson, says improvements are in the pipeline and they have engaged a consultant on universal access. The project will look at three different areas: station access, platform...

JSC must urgently fill vacant posts and hold judges to account

31 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Mbekezeli Benjamin

...PRASA. This is prohibited by law. She was also found guilty of judicial misconduct for improperly interfering with PRASA’s operations, including stifling efforts to resist state capture and corruption...

Parliament secretly passed new code of conduct without public comment

25 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA). #UniteBehind director Zackie Achmat said, “This undermines the integrity of Parliament and erodes public trust.” Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests acted “underhand...

PRASA can’t say when Durban’s Northern Coast line will open again

19 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Joseph Bracken

...PRASA and Transnet, which owns and operates the lines, were “at an advanced stage” of talks about refurbishing the North Coast and KwaMashu lines. PRASA estimated it would take 18 months to restore th...

PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

14 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA) acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and Cape Town businessman Nadir Mohiudeen are on trial for fraudulently selling 42km of railway line for scrap. For two days, the Gqeberha Regional Court heard how...

How a Durban company came to illegally remove a railway line in the Eastern Cape

13 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Former PRASA Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz (centre), who was also appointed acting CEO for three months in 2018 while under investigation, leaves the Gqeberha Regional Court with h...

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

12 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA’s former acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen were arrested. This week, another six years after their arrest, the trial finally got underway. Former PRASA acting head M...

Allegations of fraudulent payments amounting to billions at PRASA

8 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA board will be appointing an independent investigation into the allegations, according to PRASA spokesperson Andiswa Makanda. “The PRASA Board takes whistleblower allegations seriously and … supp...

My chaotic train journey from Johannesburg to Durban

5 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA was not prepared for this journey,” said Ngondi. “It is cheap but not reliable. PRASA is failing its customers.” PRASA’s response PRASA spokesperson Andiswa Makanda told GroundUp the Shosholoza ...

PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going

26 February 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA) and the City of Cape Town was finally signed off on 21 February. The original plan, which the Cape Town mayor announced had been signed by PRASA on 5 December, was found to have no start date. ...