Prasa
Mbalula to rope in police, justice ministries to root out corruption at Prasa
The minister addressed the media during Tuesday's central line route unveiling in Cape Town.
On Tuesday, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula hosted the media to test out on the routes.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and members of Prasa will be travelling by train to monitor the routes.
In 2019, the Central Line was closed due to vandalism and theft.
11 Prasa officials have resigned after being implicated in investigations into a R3.5 billion locomotives tender, while 33 have been suspended.
Prasa board chair Leonard Ramatlakane has approved R7.5 billion for a complete overhaul and repair of old trains, some of which have been in accidents.
The transport department and the parastatal unveiled the 100th locomotive set, which is produced locally by the Gibela Consortium.
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said while he is not opposed to the launch of another inquiry into Prasa, he believed state capture is not behind the challenges faced in the country.
In the state capture commission of inquiry’s fifth report released on Wednesday night, Zondo said that despite the extensive evidence he'd heard about the rot at the state rail service during the public hearings, he still felt that there was much to be uncovered.
Prasa says security is one of its biggest challenges as it overhauls its rolling stock and reopens some key corridors after years of neglect and vandalism.
It's understood the incident happened between Kalksteen and Bonteheuwel stations.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is addressing dozens of transport business leaders and government officials in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, where the department is launching the national rail policy.
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Dr Popo Molefe about the state of Prasa, Transnet and corruption.
Both provinces have seen significant damage to infrastructure most of which happened during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Mbalula visited the key route to assess work being carried out as part of efforts to get trains back on tracks.
He said this is a demonstration of the ferocious nature of the floods that affected the province almost two weeks ago.
Ricardo Khan who worked at the Eerste River taxi rank was convicted on a count of damage to essential infrastructure.
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula briefed Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday following the committee’s recent oversight at various Prasa assets in the Western Cape. .
The squatters have prevented the rail operator from fully reopening the Central Line that's been offline since 2019 due to cable theft and vandalism.