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#UniteBehind takes Minister of Transport to court over PRASA

PRASA announces technical team to assist recently appointed Administrator

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Brief | 5 February 2020

Train commuters protest after being told to move to second-class carriage

Metrorail apologises for ticket conductor’s behaviour

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Brief | 24 January 2020

R1 billion to be spent on Cape Town’s broken Central Line, promises PRASA

But line still won’t be fully open until 2021

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Brief | 23 January 2020

Lawyers dump PRASA after failure to pay R19 million

This means the agency has no lawyers in disputes, some of them imminent, involving billions of rands

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News | 16 January 2020

PRASA boss offers new turnaround strategy

“We have heard this all before, a nightmarish sense of déjà vu” says #UniteBehind

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News | 15 January 2020

“Travelling on the Metrorail network is easy” says Metrorail. Really?

In a country which claims to be headed for “a better life for all” it is outrageous that thousands of commuters can be abandoned to a failing public transport system

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GroundView | 15 January 2020

Diary of a Metrorail kid

The daily gamble with commuters’ time

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News | 14 January 2020

Nightmare start to 2020 for thousands of Cape Town commuters

Khayelitsha bus and train services still suspended

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News | 13 January 2020

Cautious welcome for Mbalula’s shock PRASA announcement

Commuter groups hope to see action

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News | 9 December 2019

Mbalula a no-show at meeting with #UniteBehind

“Commuting to and from work has become a matter of life and death” says commuter activist group

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Brief | 5 December 2019

Commuter Lunga Zawa uses a wheelchair. But Nyanga station is only accessible by stairs

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled has been fighting since 2015 for better access

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News | 29 November 2019

Mbalula under fire following train arson

Eighteen coaches “gutted” at Cape Town station at a cost of over R60 million

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News | 28 November 2019

PRASA attempts to hire Eskom’s security

Investigators have already found irregularities involving some of the companies

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Analysis | 27 November 2019

Train station burnt and railway lines sabotaged

Attack on Metrorail infrastructure coincides with termination of security contracts

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Brief | 19 November 2019

High Court orders PRASA to create safety plan for railway security

Safety of railway commuters put at risk by PRASA terminating contracts

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News | 19 November 2019

Trial of official accused of stealing railway line set for June

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and Nadhir Mohiudeen are accused of theft and fraud

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Brief | 25 October 2019