Transport

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Somerset West residents will get long awaited pedestrian bridge

School children from Garden Village cross the busy N2 in peak traffic

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Brief | 28 June 2019

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Transport minister dreams of bullet trains … but commuters want Metrorail to work now

Civil society and commuter groups tell Fikile Mbalula their demands

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News | 26 June 2019

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula took a train from Khayelitsha to Langa but it didn't go as planned.

Minister abandons commuters on train

After severe delays on Metrorail, transport minister Fikile Mbalula went back to his sirens and “blue light brigade”

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News | 25 June 2019

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Rush to spend infrastructure millions in Uitenhage

Councillor says protest action has prevented municipality from fixing roads

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Brief | 20 June 2019

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Public Protector lets PRASA off the hook

But Busisiwe Mkhwebane recommends Hawks investigate destruction of records

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Feature | 10 June 2019

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Survivors of bus crash allege drivers failed to rest

Marsmery Travel and Coach has difficult questions to answer but the company is not answering its phone

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News | 10 May 2019

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Transport is not an essential service, committee finds

Drivers retain right to strike

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News | 10 May 2019

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Five years after botched road contract, Lady Frere residents have unanswered questions

Road company didn’t understand basic construction norms, say consultants

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News | 9 May 2019

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Speed bump protest brings Durban township to standstill

Protesters say old people and children have been killed crossing busy Sbu Magwanyane Drive

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Brief | 29 April 2019

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Train arson suspect sent for psychiatric assessment

Court case postponed until 2 May

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Commuters and activists occupy PRASA and ANC offices

#UniteBehind plans hunger strike on 26 April

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News | 17 April 2019

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Activists crash Ramaphosa’s train launch

“We have written to Ramaphosa at least five times about some of the things happening at PRASA and have not received a response”, says #UniteBehind

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News | 9 April 2019

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Hout Bay taxi bosses in hiding after flare-up of violence

Fight over lucrative route leaves five drivers dead

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News | 2 April 2019

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Bobani must deliver on his promises to PE shack dwellers, say protesters

Councillor promises that informal settlements in NU29 will have services in two weeks

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Brief | 1 April 2019

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Soweto commuters in limbo while rival taxi associations quarrel over routes

MEC will keep routes closed until agreement is reached to stop violence

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News | 28 March 2019

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Children left behind by shortage of scholar transport in East London

Department says it will accommodate the learners from April

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News | 28 March 2019