PRASA / Metrorail
Low turnout to Metrorail protests
“Passengers are accosted by criminals on the trains. Our employees are being threatened at gunpoint and assaulted. We can’t continue under these conditions.”
News | 26 July 2019
Activists call on German government to prosecute state capturers
#UniteBehind singles out Vossloh, whose subsidiary sold trains to PRASA that don’t fit local tracks
Brief | 25 July 2019
This is why Metrorail employees will strike on Friday
But two unions, SATAWU and NTM, will not be joining
By Tariro Washinyira and GroundUp Staff
News | 22 July 2019
PRASA executive fired after internal probe
Company secretary dismissed; chief strategy officer suspended
Brief | 2 July 2019
More charges being brought against Mthuthuzeli Swartz
Former PRASA executive’s case postponed till August
Brief | 6 June 2019
30 days psychiatric observation for Metrorail arson accused
Bed made available at Valkenberg
Brief | 3 June 2019
Activists protest against corruption as new MPs sworn in
Meanwhile PRASA takes action against top executives
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Katherine Liu
Brief | 22 May 2019
40% of Metrorail trains are out-of-service
And only half the rest have the standard 12 carriages
Brief | 16 May 2019
No lights, no security and piles of rubbish at Parow train station
Commuters say they don’t feel safe
News | 9 May 2019