Prasa / Metrorail

Rail theft case postponed after state witness no-show

Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested in 2019. His trial has faced delay after delay.

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Law | 9 December 2025

We rode Metrorail in Cape Town to see if it has improved

While there are still problems, the service is much more reliable than a few years ago. And it’s much cheaper than any other commuter transport.

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News | 3 December 2025

Investigation into R17-billion rail signalling tender complete, says PRASA board

But a more recent whistleblower report alleges a corrupt cabal within the PRASA board

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News | 4 November 2025

Passenger rail gets back on track, slowly

Most rail lines have reopened, but there is still a long way to go

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Charts | 26 September 2025

No train to Mitchells Plain: last steps to fully reopen Central Line

Work has been disrupted and more than 1,250 people still live on the tracks

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News | 1 September 2025

Former rail line occupiers demand electricity

Protesters blocked the R300 in Cape Town on Thursday

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Brief | 8 August 2025

Durban’s metrorail: it’s a bumpy ride

Trains are late, slow and often empty

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News | 2 July 2025

Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

Commuter activists to present and challenge evidence in the pending review by former PRASA board members

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News | 18 June 2025

Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line

The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation

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Brief | 29 May 2025

Cape Town rail plan still not finalised, provincial legislature told

“We are not there yet” PRASA executive tells MPLs

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News | 20 May 2025

Universal access to trains: Metrorail’s empty promises

New trains have spaces for wheelchairs but many stations and platforms are inaccessible

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News | 7 May 2025

Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

PRASA has been mum for months about relocation plans

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News | 6 May 2025

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

Agreement not yet reached between Transnet and PRASA

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Brief | 19 March 2025

PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later

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News | 14 March 2025

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

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen

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News | 13 March 2025

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays

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News | 12 March 2025