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Transport minister says Central Line will now be fully operational in May

23 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA said the Central Line would be reopened in March, then last month it said April. The Central Line serves a large population who have struggled with the higher costs of taxis since the line close...

No public transport relief in sight for Tongaat workers as PRASA passes the buck

23 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Tsoanelo Sefoloko

...PRASA. “The only agency that can resolve this thing is PRASA,” said Ncalane. He said the department “would be happy” to see the line operational again as the train was the most affordable mode of publ...

Trains are running again on Metrorail’s Southern Line but the embankment needs attention

22 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso and Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA) “years ago”. Herbert said PRASA sent out an engineer 10 years ago, who at that point said remedial work needed to be done urgently. “Reminders from time to time elicited no response,” said Herb...

Elections 2024: What the independent candidates have to say

15 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Staff

...PRASA. Trains will only be fixed when every municipality holds PRASA legally accountable through service level plans as required by the National Land Transport Act. #UniteBehind has gone to court to e...

Macassar residents “will fight tooth and nail” against PRASA’s plan to relocate shack dwellers

15 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA proposed to relocate the families occupying Metrorail’s Central Line to Macassar. Residents say this will put more pressure on already overburdened social welfare, sanitation, electricity and po...

28-year-old arrested after devastating Fish Hoek fire

8 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Steve Kretzmann

...PRASA workers were in sight. Mihi said PRASA equipment at Stellenbosch had also been damaged by the storm on Sunday. A concrete pylon supporting overhead transmission lines was blown over near the Fi...

Beneficiaries struggling with grants since SASSA closed Macassar office

8 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Sandiso Phaliso

...PRASA plan to relocate about 2,000 families occupying the Central Line to Macassar has increased the urgency for the office to be reopened. South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries ...

Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about public transport

4 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By GroundUp Staff

...PRASA to the local sphere. ActionSA: ActionSA believes in the decentralisation of PRASA’s management by transferring control of commuter rail services to metropolitan or provincial governments, where ...

Get the trains running immediately, say protesters

3 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Mary-Anne Gontsana

...PRASA. Their demands included that PRASA publicise a detailed plan to fully restore the Central Line immediately, have transparent tenders, and that PRASA signs a service-level agreement with the City...

Cape Town commuters return to Southern Line as service improves

3 April 2024 | ARTICLE

By Lucas Nowicki

...PRASA for ticket sales on the Southern Line between Cape Town and Retreat, the number of sales has more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. In the 2022/2023 financial year (1 March 2022 to 28 February 202...