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Stones thrown at trains in Cape Town

31 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA spokesperson Andiswa Makanda said Gibela was appointed as the preferred bidder out of seven proposals. She said Gibela was expected to maintain the trains until 2035, after that “PRASA will take...

Rail: a Masterplan will only be ready by next year, says Ramaphosa

30 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA) has to date restored 31 out of 40 priority rail corridors back to operation. By March this year, 40 million passengers were using public trains, nearly three times more than the year before.” “...

PRASA dealt with the Foreshore evictees in bad faith, says Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney

16 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA’s conduct was “a failure of both accountability and basic humanity”. Zithobile Fusa, of PRASA’s Western Cape Protection Services, said that PRASA had returned the group’s belongings, including b...

Relocation of Langa rail line occupiers delayed by regulations

9 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA) owns the land alongside the railway line. About 1,200 households have been living there since building homes during the Covid lockdowns. PRASA is attempting to move them to two portions of land...

Many Cape Town stations are closed to wheelchair users

4 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA will need to modify its stations to make them accessible for people living with disabilities. It is shameful that PRASA has disregarded the needs of our most vulnerable citizens,” said Mayson. P...

Three of four Shosholoza Meyl train routes halted indefinitely

3 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA by the Spanish arm of German rail company Vossloh, via Swifambo, a front company. Archive photo: Col André Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 PRASA says three of its four long-distance routes have been s...

New plan for inner-city housing in Cape Town

1 October 2024 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA, and Transnet. These would supply an additional 18,000 residential units in the inner city, and are currently in various phases, ranging from identification to procurement. The largest of these ...

PRASA corruption investigations get pushback from MK Party MPs

19 September 2024 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA CEO from 2010 to 2015), Sfiso Buthelezi (PRASA board chairperson from 2009 to 2014) and the two largest PRASA contracts under investigation, to companies Siyangena and Swifambo. The SIU told SCO...

In photos: Metrorail train derails in Paarl

18 September 2024 | ARTICLE

By David Harrison

...PRASA spokesperon at the scene said 25 people were injured and five had been transported to local hospitals by paramedics. Two coaches and the locomotive went off the rails. There were about 400 peo...

PRASA appeals against court instruction to return material belonging to land occupiers

11 September 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA says it wants the appeal to be heard by a full bench or be referred to the Supreme Court of Appeal. PRASA argues that because other parties such as Sechaba Protection Services and Fidelity Secur...