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City flooded with more than 900 comments over relocation of railway occupiers
Once the rail agency responds to these comments, a report will be sent to the Municipal Planning Tribunal for a final decision
News | 25 January 2024
Deadline to open Stellenbosch rail link pushed out two months
Metrorail to run again at the end of February
By Liezl Human
Brief | 17 January 2024
PRASA settlement to double in size in spite of problems with water and sanitation
Nearly 500 more families to be moved in by the end of the month
Brief | 10 January 2024
Cape Town’s railway occupiers are being moved but there are snags with water and sanitation supply
Some people occupying the Central Line are now refusing to be moved until service issues are resolved
News | 14 December 2023
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