PRASA / Metrorail

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Nightmare start to 2020 for thousands of Cape Town commuters

Khayelitsha bus and train services still suspended

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News | 13 January 2020

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Cautious welcome for Mbalula’s shock PRASA announcement

Commuter groups hope to see action

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News | 9 December 2019

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Mbalula a no-show at meeting with #UniteBehind

“Commuting to and from work has become a matter of life and death” says commuter activist group

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Brief | 5 December 2019

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Commuter Lunga Zawa uses a wheelchair. But Nyanga station is only accessible by stairs

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled has been fighting since 2015 for better access

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News | 29 November 2019

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Mbalula under fire following train arson

Eighteen coaches “gutted” at Cape Town station at a cost of over R60 million

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News | 28 November 2019

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PRASA attempts to hire Eskom’s security

Investigators have already found irregularities involving some of the companies

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Analysis | 27 November 2019

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Train station burnt and railway lines sabotaged

Attack on Metrorail infrastructure coincides with termination of security contracts

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Brief | 19 November 2019

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High Court orders PRASA to create safety plan for railway security

Safety of railway commuters put at risk by PRASA terminating contracts

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News | 19 November 2019

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Trial of official accused of stealing railway line set for June

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and Nadhir Mohiudeen are accused of theft and fraud

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Brief | 25 October 2019