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Cape Town’s Central Line
western-cape

PRASA partly opens Cape Town’s Central Line

Judge Makhubele “sidelined and excluded” PRASA’s legal team
News

Judge Makhubele “sidelined and excluded” PRASA’s legal team

State suffered “financial prejudice” in Judge Makhubele's absence
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State suffered “financial prejudice” in Judge Makhubele’s absence

Cape Town’s Central Line
Cape Town

PRASA partly opens Cape Town’s Central Line

Judge Makhubele “sidelined and excluded” PRASA’s legal team
News

Judge Makhubele “sidelined and excluded” PRASA’s legal team

State suffered “financial prejudice” in Judge Makhubele's absence
News

State suffered “financial prejudice” in Judge Makhubele’s absence

Former PRASA chair should not have accepted the job
News

Former PRASA chair should not have accepted the job

By The Conversation22-02-2023 09:34

Former PRASA chair, Judge Makhubele was in no position to accept new work after she had been recommended as a judge.

Lesufi
News

SOPA: Lesufi reveals Gauteng and Limpopo rail network talks

By Siso Naile20-02-2023 21:34

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says talks are afoot between Gauteng and Limpopo governments over constructing a rail network link.

PRASA board approach Labour Court against whistleblower
News

PRASA board approach Labour Court against whistleblower

By Ground Up20-02-2023 16:32

PRASA’s board has approached the Labour Court to review an arbitration award that was in the whistleblower’s favour.

copper Pinetown
KwaZulu-Natal

Suspects caught with R5m copper belonging to PRASA and eThekwini Municipality

By Nokwanda Ncwane13-02-2023 17:34

Five suspects were caught with R5 million worth of stolen copper belonging to PRASA, eThekwini Municipality and Telkom in Pinetown.

PRASA whistleblower found not guilty in all charges
News

PRASA whistleblower found not guilty in all charges

By Ground Up02-02-2023 09:24

Martha Ngoye has been found not guilty on all charges brought against her by PRASA, and was not part of recommending Swifambo contract.

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged to sack PRASA’s board
News

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged to sack PRASA’s board

By Ground Up25-01-2023 20:36

Activist group issue a letter of demand to the President Cyril Ramaphosa to fix PRASA and hand over passenger rail.

trains Kuils River Train Station
News

Cape Town trains to stop at Kuils River, Blackheath, Melton Rose and Eerste River

By Storm Simpson14-01-2023 16:15

Passenger trains will return to four stations along the Cape Town Northern Line for the first time in years on Monday, 16 January.

Prasa train
Offbeat

Watch: More videos of South Africa’s new blue train

By Siseko Gwegwe12-01-2023 19:15

We’ve seen South Africa and Prasa’s new blue train but this video is different. Just check this out for yourselves.

PRASA
News

PRASA reacts to bus stuck under low-height bridge

By Siso Naile05-01-2023 20:23

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says the bus driver was dismissed for this negligence as he knew the rules of the road

trading prasa trains
News

Wait, what? PRASA bans preaching and trading on its new trains

By Nokwanda Ncwane07-12-2022 16:51

Informal traders will unfortunately not be allowed in the new PRASA trains as trading is amongst the activities that have now been banned.

PRASA
News

PRASA receives more ‘concerns’ from commuters

By Ground Up29-11-2022 13:46

Good train infrastructure, equipment, and security is needed to get the rail service fully operating again – #UniteBehind

PRASA
News

PRASA worker turns down money to help uncover fraud

By Ground Up22-11-2022 08:00

A PRASA investigation has uncovered a multi-million rand scam involving bogus insurance claims dating as far as 2014.

PRASA
News

Parliament welcomes freezing of PRASA ‘ghost employee’ pay

By Rorisang Kgosana19-11-2022 23:39

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced earlier in the week that PRASA uncovered more than a thousand ghost employees.

PRASA
News

PRASA uncovers ghost employees and identity theft among staff

By Rorisang Kgosana14-11-2022 18:14

Some PRASA employees had conducted identify theft and masqueraded as other people and managed to earn salaries from the rail agency.

Ga-Rankuwa to Pretoria city centre line resumed
News

Ga-Rankuwa to Pretoria train RUNNING again

By Ground Up07-11-2022 22:26

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa welcomed back commuters on its Ga-Rankuwa to Pretoria line after a nearly two-year hiatus.

Cape Town transport plans
News

Cape Town: New transport plan ditches big legacy projects

By Ground Up26-10-2022 13:14

Is Cape Town making public transport more affordable and attractive all the while promoting walking and cycling?

PRASA trains
News

PRASA condemns vandalism targeting newly built trains

By Thabo Baloyi07-10-2022 16:57

PRASA said it has launched an investigation to identify hotspots for the vandalism of train infrastructure, including stone throwing

PRASA
News

PRASA: The disastrous state illustrated [Graphs]

By Ground Up23-09-2022 14:29

Nothing quite conveys the disastrous state of PRASA like graphs in this article. See how the revenue from train fees have plummeted.

Vandalised trains
News

Vandalised East London and Gqeberha rail route almost completed

By Siso Naile23-06-2022 19:36

The vandalised East London and Gqeberha rail route is almost ready to resume limited service, the Eastern Cape Department of Transport said

Passenger Rail Agency of SA, Prasa, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula, ghost workers, forensic audit, employee verification, Brett Herron
News

Prasa ghost workers issue going through forensic audit – Mbalula

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty11-06-2022 19:31

In March, Minister Fikile Mbalula revealed that there were 3 000 ghost workers at Prasa – so how much have they been paid?

KZN woman train
News

Cape Town offers reward after PRASA workers were shot on Central Line

By Storm Simpson08-06-2022 14:13

PRASA said the gunmen were after the copper cables the two contractors were working on along the Central Line near Kalksteenfontein.

PRASA Gauteng lines
Gauteng

No trains for 4 months in Gauteng due to PRASA maintenance work

By Nokwanda Ncwane18-05-2022 15:01

Train commuters in parts of Gauteng will have no trains for the next four months PRASA will be doing maintenance work in certain lines.

Blue Mbombo
Celeb News

Millionaire baby daddy? Blue Mbombo replies to claims about child’s father

By Nokuthula Ngcobo04-05-2022 13:48

Blue Mbombo has responded to rumours the father of her newborn daughter is millionaire and Prasa contract-linked businessman Auswell Mashaba.

Department of Transport
News

Prasa scammed by 3,000 ghost workers, salaries halted – Mbalula

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty22-03-2022 15:20

Prasa fell victim to a grand scam in which over 3,000 ghost workers were receiving full monthly salaries, according to Fikile Mbalula.

Metrorail train Western Cape
News

Metrorail tightens security to prevent theft in Western Cape stations

By Nokwanda Ncwane12-03-2022 14:07

Metrorail in the Western Cape has beefed up security after thieves vandalise and steal electrical infrastructure.

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