Prasa / Metrorail
Mitchells Plain train stations are in ruins
But Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the Central Line will be running again by July 2022
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 2 February 2022
There are signs of hope amid Metrorail’s decay
On a trip arranged for journalists I saw that Philippi station has been ransacked - but the new trains are fantastic
News | 28 January 2022
Simon’s Town train service is back, but commuters are worried about their safety
Passengers crowd together to fend off robbers
Feature | 13 January 2022
Court grants PRASA another eight months to relocate Cape Town Central Line shack dwellers
Eerste River residents opposing relocation near their community partly to blame for delay says PRASA
News | 26 November 2021
PRASA CEO Zolani - aka Kgosie - Matthews: an embarrassing appointment
He has been suspended because of information that should have been known to the board before he was appointed
By James Stent
Analysis | 23 November 2021
Race against the clock to meet court deadline to move railway families
Court ruled that families living along the railway line in Langa must be shown new site four weeks before being moved
News | 18 November 2021
PRASA blames Covid-19 and vandalism for collapsing East London train service
Some stations GroundUp visited were derelict
By Johnnie Isaac and James Stent
News | 7 September 2021
Families living along Cape Town railway line to be resettled
Court rules that the land occupiers must get basic services on new land
News | 6 August 2021
Commuters have deserted Metrorail
Another year at best before Cape Town Central line resumes service to Khayelitsha
By Tariro Washinyira and James Stent
News | 21 June 2021