The Scottburgh regional court on Tuesday sentenced Sphiwe Mngadi, 43, to 12 years in jail after his conviction for tampering with and destroying essential infrastructure in the Mkhomazi area in April 2018. Mngadi was employed at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) when he was found with 12 rolls[…]
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has described a hefty prison sentence handed down to a train arsonist in Cape Town as a major victory. Ricardo Khan was sentenced this week to 20 years behind bars for torching a Metrorail train carriage at Eerste River Station two years[…]
LOCAL After nearly two years of bruising lockdowns which saw Gauteng’s commuter rail network destroyed by thieves, Metrorail commuter train services continue their slow comeback. Trains from Park Station to Naledi in Soweto were the latest services to resume, with three travelling the route each way daily. This is a[…]
Director of Accountability Now, Advocate Paul Hoffman, says Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Group CEO Zolani Matthews has been placed on precautionary suspension because his determination to fight corruption has made many people in senior positions at the state-owned enterprise extremely uncomfortable. Prasa Board Chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane said[…]
Cape Town commuter trains are running at 34% of capacity compared to 2019, when they were already on their knees due to arson attacks, theft of infrastructure, vandalism and mismanagement. Five out of 12 trains operated by Metrorail in 2019 are no longer running, according to a Passenger Rail Agency[…]
Train commuters in Pretoria and Cape Town should be able to access full train services again in November. That is if the Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) meets its deadline to restore services. The Mabopane-Pretoria corridor is currently running on limited services due to cable theft during the hard lockdown. Part[…]
Legal analyst and attorney, Raznae Narayansami, says government needs to ensure that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) makes the safety and welfare of the public its priority in accordance with its constitutional mandate. The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a passenger who was seriously wounded[…]
The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture has heard how former CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Lucky Montana allegedly acquired several properties with the help of Precise Trade and Investment, a company owned by Loubser Van der Walt. According to the report, Van der Walt[…]
The City of Cape Town has given the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) until Friday to pay its debt or face the disconnection of services on Monday. The City’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, Ian Neilson, says Prasa has repeatedly failed to pay municipal rates and[…]
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says train services have been fully restored in the Western Cape after the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) paid its outstanding bill to Eskom. Eskom had earlier terminated the electricity supply due to non-payment, resulting in thousands of commuters being stranded during the afternoon[…]
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