Prasa / Metrorail

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Metrorail Central Line to operate again after PRASA promises better security

Union and management reach a deal

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News | 17 January 2018

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Cape Town’s central railway line is “a war zone”

Commuters stranded as PRASA employees close down services

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News | 16 January 2018

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PRASA management fails to show up at wage talks

Workers given permission to strike after PRASA misses conciliation meeting

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News | 11 January 2018

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PRASA appoints a CEO who is under investigation for corruption

UniteBehind demands removal of Mthuthuzeli Swartz, acting CEO of Rail

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News | 11 January 2018

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PRASA staff try to block state capture

Legal department concerned by Board decision to suspend Legal Panel

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News | 10 January 2018

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UniteBehind goes to court against PRASA and Minister of Transport

Urgent application to reverse decision to suspend Legal Panel

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Brief | 19 December 2017

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Forensic auditor’s recommendation on PRASA security company ignored

Unclear how such an obscure company won contracts worth R118 million from 2010 to 2016

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News | 15 December 2017

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Two years later Gouda’s train station remains closed and broken

PRASA’s broken supply chain system caused delay

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News | 14 December 2017

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Commuters fear losing their jobs after train service suspended

“Now I have to borrow [money] again for this unpredicted situation”

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Brief | 13 December 2017

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Court action to stop PRASA “conspiracy”

Rail agency misses UniteBehind’s deadline and now faces litigation

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News | 12 December 2017

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Metrorail’s lies

Blaming vandalism and theft for the closure of major Cape Town commuter line is disingenuous

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GroundView | 11 December 2017

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The terrible price of PRASA’s negligence and corruption

Officials flout the law on train safety

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Opinion | 8 December 2017

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Metrorail’s own stats show how bad its service is

On some lines, half the scheduled trains don’t run at all

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News | 7 December 2017

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Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains

Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …

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Brief | 6 December 2017

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Train safety: auditors recommend criminal investigations at PRASA

Forensic probe reveals millions of rands in irregular security contracts

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News | 6 December 2017

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Lufthansa named in irregular PRASA contract

R15m deal is an example of chaotic way rail company was managed

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News | 4 December 2017