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.
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CT train commuters breathe sigh of relief after relaunch of Central Line
On Tuesday, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula hosted the media to test out on the routes.
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Mbalula to check on progress made in making CT's central line operational again
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and members of Prasa will be travelling by train to monitor the routes.
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Prasa: Some routes on Central Line to resume operations on Tuesday
In 2019, the Central Line was closed due to vandalism and theft.
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33 Prasa officials suspended over R3.5bn Swifambo tender investigation
11 Prasa officials have resigned after being implicated in investigations into a R3.5 billion locomotives tender, while 33 have been suspended.
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Despite launching new fleet, Prasa to keep refurbishing old trains
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.
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Prasa launches 100 new locally manufactured trains
The transport department and the parastatal unveiled the 100th locomotive set, which is produced locally by the Gibela Consortium.
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SA's challenges are beyond state capture: Lucky Montana
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.
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'Many ills not yet uncovered' - Zondo recommends special inquiry into Prasa
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.
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Prasa: We need R1 billion annually for security for the next three years
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.
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Cable thieves shoot two Prasa officials
It's understood the incident happened between Kalksteen and Bonteheuwel stations.
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New railway policy will open the industry's private sector, says Mbalula
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.
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I hope ANC has learned about cadre deployment from Zondo reports - Popo Molefe
Bongani Bingwa speaks to Dr Popo Molefe about the state of Prasa, Transnet and corruption.
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Prasa working to revive Gauteng, WC operations
Both provinces have seen significant damage to infrastructure most of which happened during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Mbalula: Prasa to roll out limited train service on Cape Town’s central line
Mbalula visited the key route to assess work being carried out as part of efforts to get trains back on tracks.
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Zikalala: Damage to Prasa infrastructure due to floods estimated at R940m
He said this is a demonstration of the ferocious nature of the floods that affected the province almost two weeks ago.
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Man given 20 years behind bars for torching train infrastructure worth R3.5m
Ricardo Khan who worked at the Eerste River taxi rank was convicted on a count of damage to essential infrastructure.
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Mbalula describes Prasa's 3,000 ghost workers as a 'grand scam'
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. .
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Metrorail working to remove informal settlers from Central Line
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.
