Prasa / Metrorail

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

Court action to stop PRASA “conspiracy”

Rail agency misses UniteBehind’s deadline and now faces litigation

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News | 12 December 2017

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

The terrible price of PRASA’s negligence and corruption

Officials flout the law on train safety

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Opinion | 8 December 2017

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

Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains

Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …

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Brief | 6 December 2017

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

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

Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor

“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

Activists hold mock trial of Zuma

While there was much laughter, Brett Herron’s testimony was haunting

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News | 30 November 2017

Man electrocuted as city councillor takes the train

Commuter was travelling on the roof of overcrowded train

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Brief | 30 November 2017

Court finds PRASA responsible for commuter’s injuries

Masibulele Rautini was pushed out of an open carriage door

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News | 30 November 2017

Call for Parliament to remove Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi

UniteBehind publishes report on #PRASALeaks

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News | 29 November 2017

Treasury covering up grand-scale corruption at PRASA

Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi and former CEO Lucky Montana implicated over and over again

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Feature | 29 November 2017

Security guards do nothing as Metrorail commuters robbed

Guards had batons, while robbers had firearms

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Brief | 27 November 2017

Railway’s R1 billion accident and crime bill

Not enough security personnel to manage overcrowded trains and platform safety

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News | 23 November 2017