The National Department of Transport confirmed that provision would be made for “essential transport services” to continue during the 21-lockdown. Here’s what you need to know.
Commuters are not being given masks, gloves or hand sanitiser on trains to prevent becoming infected with the coronavirus.
On Wednesday 18 March, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula issued a ban on passengers liners entering South Africa.
Through the National Land Transport Amendment Bill, government aims to regulate the public transport industry.
The informal settlement, which was erected on the rail tracks on the old Philippi depot in Langa, Cape Town, is set to be dismantled.
As promised, the City of Cape Town have cut Prasa’s water supply and say that if they don’t pay their bills, electricity will follow.
Good news for Autopax employees…Prasa will be coming to the party and pay their salaries before the end of the week.
Look around the cabin the next time you’re on a flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and you may just spot some of the country’s top politicians.
This comes after Eskom cut Prasa’s power due to non-payment on Thursday. This affected thousands of commuters.
Metrorail train services have been suspended in the Western Cape following a loss of power. This allegedly follows Prasa’s non-payment of electricity bills.
A new driving law will be implemented in June 2020 which will set the legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers to 0%. That means that one drink of 350ml of beer or a single tot of brandy or spirits could put you over the limit.
The transport minister has raised the ire of former BBC Dragon’s Den investor Lebo Gunguluza.
The Minister is expected to release the preliminary statistics on road fatalities at the Beitbridge border post in Musina, Limpopo, on Monday.
Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, is calling for an end to alcohol consumption in South Africa.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says government aims to create a national shipping carrier to transform the transport sector.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was mocked for being in a helicopter during the launch of a festive season road safety campaign.
Looks like the free ride for Prasa – and some of its fellow SOEs – is coming to an end. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has placed the rail agency under administration.
Mbalula came with cold facts that Shivambu could not handle.
The Aarto Act is predicted to create an expensive “bureaucratic tangle”.
South Africa has a zero fatal accident record in relation to airlines and other scheduled commercial operations, exemplifying the high standard of aviation safety and security in this sector, says South African Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. “The number of aircraft accidents can be used as one of the basic barometers that can indicate the presence […]
Fikile Mbalula and the EFF certainly don’t see eye-to-eye on the issue of e-tolls. The Red Berets are now threatening to step-up their boycotts.
It looked like Fikile Mbalula had a ball on-board the Gautrain this Friday. He’s probably wondering why he waited so long before sampling it.
The airliner had to make alternative means to accommodate passengers.
The public can comment on the draft developed to govern traffic offences with the Aarto Act.
The Aarto Act includes the licence points demerit system for “reckless drivers”.