Acting regional manager of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in the Western Cape, Raymond Maseko, says the agency has done much work to recover the province’s network following a series of challenges. Maseko was speaking on the...
The South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has been allocated R25.4 billion from the Department of Transport that will go towards the upgrades of non-toll networks and projects. Delivering her maiden budget vote speech, Transport...
Cabinet has approved a white paper aimed at developing South Africa’s critical rail infrastructure, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Monday. He said the Cabinet had approved the policy in March. The approval of the white paper comes as...
Transport portfolio committee chairperson Mosebenzi Zwane has said that appropriate measures must be taken to protect rail infrastructure and all assets belonging to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). This comes after 24 carriages...
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has announced a two-stage intervention to turn around the crisis-ridden Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) following four failed strategies. The failure of commuter rail transport due to theft, industrial...
The City of Cape Town is set to appoint a multi-disciplinary team of rail professionals to assist the Transport Directorate with the high-level business plans for taking over passenger rail in Cape Town. The municipality recently advertised a...
Security related incidents in South Africa’s rail environment have increased for the 2017/18 financial year. This is according to the latest State of Safety Report compiled by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). The report notes that for the...
The Portfolio Committee on Transport is concerned by the recent spate of fires affecting the rail infrastructure in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. Three trains were reportedly burnt in the Cape Metro and a number of carriages had...
Port Elizabeth’s economy is set for a major boost with the construction and development of the Motherwell Passenger Rail project. This is according to Nico Pienaar, Project Manager at GIBB, the firm tasked with designing the Motherwell Passenger...