PRASA / Metrorail
Pietermaritzburg station opens but train delayed 10 hours
Passenger rail services were suspended at the station in 2021 due to vandalism and theft
News | 12 December 2023
Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water
First families moved off Central Line railway tracks
News | 8 December 2023
Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services
News | 5 December 2023
Mitchells Plain residents refuse to accept Langa rail occupiers as neighbours
“Try to understand our plight and our current living conditions” says Langa rail occupier
News | 9 November 2023
How to steal a railway line and stay out of jail
Legal manoeuvres have stalled the case against former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen
Feature | 8 November 2023
Scathing court order against PRASA over passenger safety
The passenger rail agency has until end of November to report back on the status of a new tender process for security contracts
Law | 6 November 2023
Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again
Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019
News | 27 October 2023
One train a day for Eastern Cape commuters
Since Monday you can now leave Kariega for Gqeberha by train at 6:15am and take the return trip at 5:15pm
Brief | 20 October 2023
This is where people are occupying Metrorail’s Central Line in Cape Town
There are about 4,000 households occupying the line between Nyanga and Philippi, according to the Housing Development Agency
By Sandiso Phaliso and GroundUp Staff
Feature | 20 October 2023