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PRASA rail theft case: virtual testimony accepted

9 June 2026 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA regional manager and a Cape Town businessman was granted in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday. The case involves the upliftment of 42km of Transnet line between Sterkstroom and Kho...

PRASA rail theft trial bogged down in argument over virtual testimony

29 May 2026 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (right) exits the Gqeberha Regional Court with advocate Mzwamadoda Mnyani in March 2025. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann One of the state’s key witnesses, i...

Massive rail theft case gets sidetracked again

27 May 2026 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz of selling off 42km of Transnet railway line for scrap in 2012, is back on the case. The continuation of the drawn-out trial was set down for four days in the...

Last-minute attorney withdrawal threatens to derail PRASA theft case

26 May 2026 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA regional manager stalled in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday morning after one of the accused’s legal team withdrew citing non-payment of fees. The case of theft and/or fraud, whi...

Chief Justice dismisses bid by former PRASA board members to sue Zondo

15 May 2026 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

Metrorail services deteriorated countrywide because of corruption. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The legal bid by former Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) board members to set aside findings of corrupt...

Why rail matters for Cape Town’s traffic congestion

8 May 2026 | ARTICLE

Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.

...PRASA) saw passenger numbers decline from a high of about 600,000 per day in 2003, making up more than a fifth of all commuter trips, to a low of about 133,000 passengers a day in 2022, down to one ou...

Cape Town’s bid to manage Metrorail gets the go-ahead in R1.9-trillion national plan

30 April 2026 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA) urban rail networks (Metrorail) in Gauteng, eThekwini and Cape Town are listed as the second priority, with their recovery and densification through new lines and interchange hubs given a ten-y...

Zondo hits back at former PRASA board members

28 April 2026 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA members’ belated permission request to the current Chief Justice. Former Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) board members, who are seeking to review and set aside findings of corruption against them...

New centre to support whistleblowers

28 April 2026 | ARTICLE

By Ihsaan Haffejee

...PRASA whistleblower Martha Ngoye addresses the audience at the launch of the Courage Hub SA. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee “It is lonely. It is frightening. It is costly.” That is how PRASA whistleblower Mar...

Dipuo Peters pays R190k to stop sheriff from taking her car

14 April 2026 | ARTICLE

By Marecia Damons

...PRASA) while serving as transport minister from 2013 to 2017. This included dismissing the board headed by Popo Molefe after it uncovered R14-billion in irregular expenditure, using PRASA buses for AN...