Thousands of people have been occupying the train tracks for many months in areas such as Langa and Phillipi but soon they will have to vacate.
President Cyril Ramaphosa made major concessions at the state capture commission of inquiry as it blasted Cabinet and the African National Congress (ANC)'s costly inaction on corruption while he was deputy president.
The minister announced on Monday that Cata and Codeta had agreed to bury the hatchet after a year of violence and bloodshed but he warned that the road to stability was long.
Group CEO Zolani Matthews said recovering affected rail corridors, cashflow challenges and security issues were key focus areas over the next few months.
Prasa has introduced a service recovery programme aimed at fixing the infrastructure along the corridor and the rehabilitation of the power supply network.
A motorist told Eyewitness News that while driving past the Cleveland train station, he witnessed people stealing rail tracks.
Residents occupying the railway tracks in Cape Town said that they would not move from their homes unless there's alternative land to resettle.
The United National Transport Union (Untu) brought an urgent application to force the rail agency to adhere to a collective agreement and pay this year's 5% wage increase.
The Lockdown Informal settlement in Phillipi has been in existence for as long as the pandemic has been in the country - and residents here have settled in nicely with spaza shops and hardware stores.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula led a briefing on Monday following early morning inspections at the Mayfair, Kliptown and Germiston train stations.
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana said that investigators had admitted hand-written notes that implicated him while deliberately blocking evidence to clear him.
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana was testifying about payments between him and Precise Trading director, Riaan van der Walt, who allegedly acted for him to receive R36 million from suppliers and buy him properties.
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana told the state capture commission of inquiry that it owed him an apology. This comes after Montana said that evidence leader Advocate Vas Soni implied that he had purchased properties worth R36 million, which Montana denied. Montana appeared at the commission on 10 May 2021.
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana has presented evidence to prove that he acquired properties before working for Prasa and that he wasn’t paid with those properties in exchange for contracts.
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana told the state capture commission on Monday that the allegations had now tainted his reputation.
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana said that the African National Congress (ANC) could not distance itself from the fundraising efforts of Maria Gomez or donations from Bosasa’s Gavin Watson.
Untu claimed that the rail operator failed to implement a deal signed last October.
Prasa paid R2.6 billion of an R3.5 billion contract with Swifambo Rail but only 13 of 88 locomotives were delivered and they were too tall for local infrastructure.
