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Thousands of families live on railway reserves without water, electricity or rubbish collection

18 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA says the City is responsible for providing services to the estimated 2,000 families in the Langa rail reserve, but the City says PRASA has not authorised service provision on its land. At the ol...

City of Cape Town is a step closer to operating train services

16 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Liezl Human

...PRASA) to the municipality. The City will now submit a memorandum to the National Department of Transport (NDoT) requesting that rail services be devolved. According to mayco member for urban mobility...

Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure

10 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA board after the board uncovered R14-billion in irregular expenditure, using PRASA buses for ANC events without ensuring payment, and failing to appoint a CEO when required. In September this yea...

Rail theft case postponed after state witness no-show

9 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Former PRASA Western Cape manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz (on right) with advocate Mzwamadoda Mnyani outside the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann The theft and fraud case a...

State witness fails to arrive for massive Eastern Cape rail theft case

8 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Cheryl Sjoberg and Nadir Mohiudeen leaving court on Monday. Photo: Steve Kretzmann In 2012, former PRASA regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz, together with businessman Nadir Mohiudeen, allegedly fra...

We rode Metrorail in Cape Town to see if it has improved

3 December 2025 | ARTICLE

By Ishmael Mabena and Joseph Bracken

...PRASA spokesperson Andiswa Makanda. Makanda says PRASA is modernising its ticketing system to a cashless system and digital cards for validation. We asked what the timeline was for the rollout of card...

Parliament to consider impeaching Judge Nana Makhubele

11 November 2025 | ARTICLE

By Liezl Human

...PRASA) interim board. The second complaint related to Makhubele’s conduct and involvement in corruption while she was chair of the PRASA board. The JSC found that “the evidence on which Judge Makhubel...

Investigation into R17-billion rail signalling tender complete, says PRASA board

4 November 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA to Maziya General Services. The PRASA board announced it would investigate the allegations, and on Monday stated the report had been handed to the Department of Transport. Meanwhile, allegations...

Passenger rail gets back on track, slowly

26 September 2025 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp and The Outlier

...PRASA) had collapsed. As corruption and mismanagement took hold over the previous ten years, the rail service became increasingly unreliable and unsafe. Almost all of PRASA’s customers stopped using t...

Explosive letter from PRASA “board member” claims tenders are being rigged

17 September 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA board member” says tenders are being rigged to benefit members of the board. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki In a two-page anonymous letter a “disgruntled board member” has alleged that PRASA tend...