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Hundreds of families in inner-city Johannesburg may lose the only home they have known for years
The Bekezela settlement building is owned by PRASA
Feature | 8 July 2022
Minister promises land to people living on railway track
Fikile Mbalula tells community leaders he’ll be back in two weeks to show them the land
Brief | 14 May 2022
Lansdowne train station is full of excrement, garbage - and rats
Subway is too filthy to use, so commuters cross over the railway lines
News | 12 May 2022
Embarrassing court defeat for PRASA
Judge rules that agency defamed Pearl Munthali
By James Stent
Law | 20 April 2022
Metrorail’s Northern Line is coming back to life, but V-E-R-Y slowly
Trains still don’t stop at what was the line’s busiest station
News | 22 March 2022
No trains operating in the Eastern Cape for over two months
PRASA says “operational challenges” led it to the decision to stop all trains since 7 January
Brief | 11 March 2022
PRASA lets stations go to ruin on Pretoria-Pienaarspoort line
PRASA claims it will rebuild and reopen the stations this year
News | 2 March 2022
Traders are selling goods on the railway tracks in Mamelodi
PRASA vowed to clean up its train stations in Pretoria but very little has been done to improve the service
News | 18 February 2022
PRASA dropped by lawyers as billion-rand corruption deal appeal looms
Siyangena has appealed against the court judgment setting aside its contracts
By James Stent
News | 9 February 2022