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Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the  Akasia Licencing Centre in Centurion on Monday, 7 March 2022. Picture: Fikile Mbalula/Twitter

Prasa

Mbalula to rope in police, justice ministries to root out corruption at Prasa

By Ronald Masinda

The minister addressed the media during Tuesday's central line route unveiling in Cape Town.

  • FILE: One of the important Central Lines in Cape Town has been defunct since 2019 and plans to revive it have been ongoing. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    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.

    19 days ago
  • FILE: The informal settlement of Lockdown has sprung up on and around the Metrorail's central line in Philippi, Cape Town. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    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.

    20 days ago
  • FILE: It is an important route and is connected to big townships such as Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain. Picture: @PRASA_Group/Twitter

    Prasa: Some routes on Central Line to resume operations on Tuesday

    In 2019, the Central Line was closed due to vandalism and theft.

    20 days ago
  • FILE: Ramatlakane (standing) said at least 44 staff members are implicated in the deal including the 11 that resigned. Picture: @PRASA_Group/Twitter

    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.

    26 days ago
  • Prasa board chair Leonard Ramatlakane (standing) and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula (sitting) unveiled the 100th locomotive which was locally produced by the Gibela Consortium on 4 July 2022. Picture: @PRASA_Group/Twitter

    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.

    41 days ago
  • One of the new 100 locally manufactured trains. Picture: Fikile Mbalula/Twitter

    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.

    41 days ago
  • FILE: Former CEO of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Lucky Montana. Picture: YouTube screengrab.

    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.

    48 days ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the final part of his report into state capture on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    '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.

    53 days ago
  • Metrorail train in Cape Town. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    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.

    53 days ago
  •  Prasa's Nana Zenani said they are still investigating what exactly happened. Picture: : strelok/123rf.com

    Cable thieves shoot two Prasa officials

    It's understood the incident happened between Kalksteen and Bonteheuwel stations.

    68 days ago
  • FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture:@MbalulaFikile

    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.

    74 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Transnet board chair Popo Molefe appearing at the Zondo Commission on 7 May 2019. Picture: YouTube

    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.

    88 days ago
  • Metrorail train in Cape Town. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Prasa working to revive Gauteng, WC operations

    Both provinces have seen significant damage to infrastructure most of which happened during the COVID-19 lockdown.

    89 days ago
  • Cape Town Central Line. Image: @MbalulaFikile

    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.

    93 days ago
  • KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. Picture: @kzngov/Twitter

    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.

    112 days ago
  • Picture: Copyright: gioiak2 /123rf

    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.

    115 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula during his inspection tour of Cape Town's railway infrastructure on 17 January 2022. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    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. .

    146 days ago
  • Thousands of people are still occupying the train tracks in Langa and Philippi. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    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.

    170 days ago
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