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  • One person was killed on Wednesday night, 12 February 2020 after two trains collided at Horizon View Station. Picture: @Netcare911_sa/Twitter

    Mbalula keeping tabs on probe into fatal Roodepoort train crash

    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.

    828 days ago
  • FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula addresses Prasa employees and the media at the state-owned entity's headquarters. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter.

    Mbalula calls for harsher charges for copper cable thieves

    This after three people were due in the dock on Monday morning after they were caught with more than R2.6 million worth of copper stolen from South Africa’s railway lines.

    831 days ago
  • FILE: Former Prasa interim CEO Sibusiso Sithole and former board chair Khanyisile Kweyama addressing the media in 2018. Picture: Clement Manyathela/EWN

    Scopa to table Parly resolution to declare former Prasa board delinquent

    The committee said this would prevent their appointment on any other boards in future.

    835 days ago
  • FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula gives an update on Prasa at a media briefing at the Braamfontein staging yard on 15 January 2020. Picture: @FikileMbalula/Twitter

    Mbalula: We’ve resolved to take bold steps to turn Prasa around

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and Prasa management on Wednesday briefed parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

    836 days ago
  • FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Bring drunk driving limit to 0, says Mbalula as accidents cost SA R168bn

    During his festive season safety announcement, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said government had met its target to decrease road deaths by 10% compared to the same period the previous year.

    848 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula (L) on 23 January 2020 briefed the media on the 2019/2020 festive season road safety report in Pretoria. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Mbalula: We’ve met our target to decrease road fatalities by 10%

    The minister and officials from the Road Traffic Management Corporation addressed the media on the festive season road safety.

    849 days ago
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    'We're in hot pursuit,' says Mbalula after 308km/h speedster identified

    The Road Traffic Management Corporation confirmed in a tweet that the speedster had been identified and called for him to turn himself over or they would come to him at his residence.

    849 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula gives the 2019/2020 festive season road safety report in Pretoria on 23 January 2020. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    Fatal crashes reduced by 3% over 2019 festive season - Mbalula

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula released the 2019/20 festive season road safety report on Thursday.

    849 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula gives an update on Prasa at a media briefing at the Braamfontein staging yard on 15 January 2020. Picture: @FikileMbalula/Twitter

    Mbalula has robust plan to turn 'broken' Prasa around

    The parastatal has been affected by widespread corruption and mismanagement.

    857 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    'Our job's not done', says Mbalula as dept seeks to reduce road deaths

    Almost 600 people have lost their lives already since the start of the festive season - last year that number stood at 839 on 23 December.

    879 days ago
  • The scene of an accident near Potchefstroom on 21 December 2019. Picture: @ER24EMS/Twitter

    589 people killed on SA's roads this festive season so far - Mbalula

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that authorities had recorded 489 fatal crashes since the start of the holiday period and this resulted in 589 fatalities.

    880 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula at the Toll Collection Offices in Rooihuiskraal, Centurion during a festive season visit on 17 December 2019. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    Mbalula: Unlawful road behaviour won't be tolerated over festive season

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that officers were already out in full force.

    885 days ago
  • An e-toll gantry on the highway in Gauteng. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Financial commission says govt must stop e-tolls 'double speak'

    Commission chairperson Professor Dan Plaatjies said the government must be decisive and speak with one voice on e-tolls.

    928 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula inspects rail infrastructure at the Transnet Freight Rail yard in Durban on 15 August 2019. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Mbalula: Prasa on course to deliver 164 train sets by end of year

    This project was part of the war room project launched by him in August.

    928 days ago
  • Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille tabling her department budget vote in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @DepPublicWorks/Twitter

    Economic cluster ministers set for NCOP grilling over land expropriation, SABC

    Economic cluster ministers, like Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille, can expect a number of questions from members of the NCOP, from whether any land will be expropriated in terms of the proposed Expropriation Bill, to whether Section 25 of the Constitution will be amended.

    928 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab of Prasa board chairperson Khanyisile Kweyama.

    Extra personal security warranted, says Prasa CEO Kweyama

    Prasa's decision to give board chairperson Khanyisile Kweyama bodyguards had been brought into question but she said that the move could be backed up.

    928 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula inspects rail infrastructure at the Transnet Freight Rail yard in Durban on 15 August 2019. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Less accidents, more trains on time since inception of war room - Prasa

    The war room was launched by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula in August.

    929 days ago
  • FILE: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Mbalula: No decision has been made on e-tolls yet

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that his finance counterpart's statement about the contentious system should not be taken out of context.

    932 days ago
  • Seven of the eight learners who died in a car accident have been laid to rest in the North West. Picture: Twitter/NW Department of Education

    Mbalula calls for justice for 8 North West pupils

    Seven pupils who died on Sunday last week when a truck they were travelling in hit a tree and overturned, were laid to rest in Rietpan on Saturday.

    938 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula (in brown bucket hat and white T-shirt) uses a bus to showcase Tshwane's integrated transport systems on 25 October 2019. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Mbalula: Govt must continue to promote universal transport accessibility

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula conducted an inspection to some modes of public transport in Pretoria, in an effort to improve accessibility.

    938 days ago
  • Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula (in brown bucket hat and white T-shirt) uses a bus to showcase Tshwane's integrated transport systems on 25 October 2019. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Mbalula pleased public transport more accessible to people with disabilities

    Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has joined the Tshwane transport accessibility initiative to showcase integrated transport systems.

    939 days ago
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