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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...

No train to Mitchells Plain: last steps to fully reopen Central Line

1 September 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso and Yaseen Bardien

...PRASA still needs to complete work on the overhead traction equipment for 2km between the R300 bridge and Phillipi station, according to PRASA spokesperson Zinobulali Mihi. From Langa to Philippi on t...

Parliament sued for letting corrupt MPs off the hook

12 August 2025 | ARTICLE

Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

...PRASA). They were Fikile Mbalula, Mosebenzi Zwane, Joe Maswanganyi, Dikeledi Magazi, Sfiso Buthelezi, and Dipuo Peters. In April 2023, #UniteBehind started litigation against the committee for failing...

Former rail line occupiers demand electricity

8 August 2025 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA had promised when they relocated us here,” Magebe said. Resident Phumlani Sibewu said Thursday’s protest was a last resort because they have engaged PRASA numerous times with no success. “It is ...

“Dishonest” Judge Makhubele found guilty and faces impeachment

1 August 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA interim board and, while there, she involved herself in state capture. The latter was in relation to matters involving the Siyaya Group of companies in that she authorised, in an alleged “secret...

Rail theft case: accused juggles lawyers, creates further five-month delay

1 August 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Nadir Syed Mohiudeen outside the Gqeberha High Court. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane Businessman Nadir Mohiudeen and former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz stand accused of fraudulently sellin...

Durban’s metrorail: it’s a bumpy ride

2 July 2025 | ARTICLE

By Joseph Bracken

...PRASA has spent R622-million on upgrades, and passenger numbers have slowly increased. But the service still has major problems. Some routes remain closed, trains are slow, and demand is still low. S...

Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

18 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Tania Broughton

...PRASA) are seeking to review and set aside findings of corruption against them by the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The board members, implicated in the plundering of PRASA, initiate...

Railway line theft trial delayed by state witness’s illness

10 June 2025 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

Former PRASA Western Cape regional manager and acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (centre) leaves the Gqeberha court with his advocate, Mzwamadoda Mnyani (left). Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann The crimina...