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Durban’s metrorail: it’s a bumpy ride

2 July 2025 | ARTICLE

By Joseph Bracken

...PRASA has spent R622-million on upgrades, and passenger numbers have slowly increased. But the service still has major problems. Some routes remain closed, trains are slow, and demand is still low. S...

Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

18 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA) are seeking to review and set aside findings of corruption against them by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The board members, implicated in the plundering of PRASA, initiate...

Railway line theft trial delayed by state witness’s illness

10 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Former PRASA Western Cape regional manager and acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (centre) leaves the Gqeberha court with his advocate, Mzwamadoda Mnyani (left). Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann The crimina...

Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line

29 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA management are launching the Chris Hani to Cape Town train route on the Central Line on Thursday. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso Transport Minister Barbara Creecy, her deputy and PRASA management are la...

Hawks, NPA sued for failing to investigate corruption at PRASA

20 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA). In papers filed at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 9 May, Open Secrets singled out PRASA contracts with Siyangena Technologies and with Swifambo Rail Leasing, involving billions of rand...

Cape Town rail plan still not finalised, provincial legislature told

20 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA) to the City of Cape Town has not been finalised. In his presentation to the Standing Committee on Mobility on Friday, PRASA Western Cape regional manager Raymond Maseko said the Service Level P...

Universal access to trains: Metrorail’s empty promises

7 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Yaseen Bardien

...PRASA). “A universal access policy inclusive of design, norms, standards and guidelines is virtually complete. PRASA’s new trains will take into account special needs of passengers.” Nine years later,...

Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

6 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA. But Thimna Bango, who lives on the site, said they were last updated by PRASA last year. “We have sent delegates to the City of Cape Town and PRASA to ask about a way forward but we are not get...

Parliament accuses activists of abusing court process

28 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA) accountable. But we need to ensure that Parliament uses its oversight powers over MPs and organs of state to help build a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental righ...

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

3 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Raymond Joseph

...PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa ) CEO Lucky Montana. Ten of the 18 fired MK Party MPs went to court to try to reverse their “orchestrated” expulsion. They argued that their resignations w...