Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has launched the new plan, which includes a partnership with the police, state security and justice departments.
Last Friday, a man was arrested in the Pretoria area in an operation involving the SAPS, the passenger rail agency, Telkom and Tshwane metro police officials while three men were arrested in Mpumalanga in a separate operation.
Already beset by cash flow problems, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is running a limited service, which is not nearly enough to help recover the billions lost over the lockdown period.
Last week, the commission has heard how former Prasa chair Tintswalo Makhubele took on that role while she was chairing a water tribunal and had also applied to be a judge.
Former Prasa board chair Popo Molefe said that officials, including an acting director-general, told his board members to resign to render the board dysfunctional and told them that they would be offered other board positions.
The state capture commission has heard how former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters clarified to the public, through the media, her reasons for firing the Prasa board before she had given those reasons to the board itself.
Former board chair Popo Molefe has told the commission that there have only been acting CEOs and interim boards since 2015.
The judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture is due to resume next week Monday after proceedings were halted due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that finances remained a source of serious concern for Prasa, which was facing a fare revenue decline due to the state lockdown.
The company said that it was following all government regulations on COVID-19 but admitted that it had been challenging to source protective gear for essential workers.
They're facing a number of allegations, including misconduct and gross misconduct, emanating from recommendations of various investigation reports.
City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson that if the city disconnected services, it would affect Prasa's offices and facilities and would not impact on trains.
Eskom temporarily cut the power supply to the rail agency in Cape Town on Thursday because of an overdue payment.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that government would over the medium term cut R13.2 billion that was meant to go to public transport.
Trains were suspended due to non-payment to Eskom.
Hundreds of workers from various industries marched to the Cape Town train station and Parliament on Thursday.
One person was killed and five others hospitalised after a passenger train collided with a stationary goods locomotive near the Horizon station in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
Prasa spokesperson Makhosini Mgitywa said that large amounts of copper were being ripped up and transported to Mozambique and India, costing the South African economy a fortune.
