New prasa trains
Prasa aims to complete upgrades at 39 train stations across SA in 2022
On Cape Town's Northern Line, there have been significant upgrades at Vasco and Tygerberg stations, costing between R10 million and R12 million each.
Unite Behind staged a demonstration at the Cape Town Station where President Cyril Ramaphosa was unveiling new train sets.
Prasa has unveiled the new models that form part of its modernisation programme.
The Railway Safety Regulator says the company’s current safety permit expired on Tuesday.
Former Transport Minister Joe Maswangayi was scheduled to go on a train trip from Khayelitsha to Cape Town but since last night’s Cabinet reshuffle plans have had to change.
In the latest incident, in Cape Town, city officials are blaming vandalism on the central line after a train came off the tracks last night.
Prasa's board has succeeded in getting an irregular locomotive tender set aside nearly two years after the Public Protector found large-scale maladministration at the rail agency.
In a win for Prasa, the court has found that "corruption would triumph" if the tender was not set aside.
MPs have been told Prasa has a liquidity problem because it has a R1.8bn liability in operational expenditure.
The R3 billion locomotives will remain off the tracks because of irregularities identified by the Auditor-General.
It’s reported Popo Molefe has filed court papers claiming the ANC benefited from Prasa’s locomotives deal.
The Sunday Times says the Guptas, Duduzane Zuma & Ben Martins, and Montana over tender application.
The rail agency launched a lawsuit against Swifambo Rail Leasing to recoup the money wasted on tall trains.
Metro rail commuters can expect to be ferried in new trains later this year as government unveils new trains as part of R59 billion investment.
The rail agency says it will await the outcome before determining whether money was paid unlawfully.
New reports suggest that a lead contractor paid R80 million to President Jacob Zuma's aides.
A video doing the rounds shows a blue locomotive narrowly missing what appears to be a bridge.
This comes after Prasa imported locomotives from Spain with a price tag of R600 million.
This follows receipt of the Auditor General’s Report which highlighted irregular and wasteful expenditure.