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PRASA

Three factors that could drive a turnaround in SA’s transport sector
Thought Leader
/ 19 May 2025

Three factors that could drive a turnaround in SA’s transport sector

Developing infrastructure, expanding investment and giving professionals crucial skills will boost the sector, to the benefit of all South Africans

By Rayner Canning
Popo Molefe: From politics to fixing potholes
National
/ 5 April 2025

Popo Molefe: From politics to fixing potholes

The struggle stalwart debunks narratives about racial discord in South Africa

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
How coalition discord damned the budget
National
/ 19 February 2025

How coalition discord damned the budget

The DA has upped the ante in its demands for consultation on every point of government policy, although ANC ministers also opposed a planned VAT increase

By Emsie Ferreira and Lyse Comins
Protected: Working together, we can transform the South African railway  network for the better
Partner Content
/ 24 January 2025

Protected: Working together, we can transform the South African railway  network for the better

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

By Tristan le Masne and Luvuyo Masinda
Prasa faces R5.1 billion legal case for unpaid debts
National
/ 19 November 2024

Prasa faces R5.1 billion legal case for unpaid debts

The rail agency has ignored a Pretoria high court-ordered report for it to pay its contractor

By Khaya Koko
Prasa ‘negligence’ leads to damage to R5.1 billion infrastructure
National
/ 15 November 2024

Prasa ‘negligence’ leads to damage to R5.1 billion infrastructure

A high court report found that negligence in the rail agency’s integrated security project resulted in widespread theft and vandalism

By Khaya Koko
SIU guns for former Prasa boss Lucky Montana over R3.5bn ‘corrupt’ rail tender
National
/ 18 September 2024

SIU guns for former Prasa boss Lucky Montana over R3.5bn ‘corrupt’ rail tender

The Special Investigation Unit also has its sight on former finance deputy minister Sfiso Buthelezi, whose company allegedly received R110 million fraudulently

By Khaya Koko
David Masondo bullish on capital flight
Business
/ 25 May 2024

David Masondo bullish on capital flight

The deputy finance minister also says liberalising the energy sector is key to growing the economy

By Anathi Madubela
Ramaphosa suspends Dipuo Peters in delayed state capture fallout
Politics
/ 1 March 2024

Ramaphosa suspends Dipuo Peters in delayed state capture fallout

Minister will serve one month on unpaid suspension

By Paddy Harper
Ramaphosa gives go-ahead for SIU to probe corruption at PRASA
National
/ 20 February 2024

Ramaphosa gives go-ahead for SIU to probe corruption at PRASA

But it’s four years late, says activist

By Steve Kretzmann
Civil servants implicated in state capture resign to avoid prosecution
Politics
/ 19 September 2023

Civil servants implicated in state capture resign to avoid prosecution

The Special Investigation Unit wants to ‘pursue’ those who left to avoid accountability for their actions

By Paddy Harper
Judge wants her conduct tribunal postponed because of payment delay
National
/ 1 August 2023

Judge wants her conduct tribunal postponed because of payment delay

Commuter activist organisation #UniteBehind has laid a complaint of misconduct when Judge Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele took up the post of Gauteng high court judge and chairperson of the Prasa boar

By Liezl Human
Gordhan, Mantashe cry foul over Mbalula threats
Politics
/ 28 July 2023

Gordhan, Mantashe cry foul over Mbalula threats

Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general

By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper
‘We need R6 billion from taxpayers’, Prasa tells parliament
National
/ 13 June 2023

‘We need R6 billion from taxpayers’, Prasa tells parliament

The passenger rail entity expects to make a R1.7 billion loss in the current financial year

By Khaya Koko
Minister praises axed Prasa chair Ramatlakane
National
/ 6 June 2023

Minister praises axed Prasa chair Ramatlakane

In announcing Leonard Ramatlakane’s firing, minister Sindisiwe Chikunga thanked him for his ‘sterling work’

By Anathi Madubela
Work to be done: Maya heading committee drawing up anti-sexual harassment policy
National
/ 24 February 2023

Work to be done: Maya heading committee drawing up anti-sexual harassment policy

Chief Justice Zondo concedes it has taken too long to set up the committee but that a draft document is already on the cards

By Emsie Ferreira
A torrid week for the judiciary
National
/ 24 February 2023

A torrid week for the judiciary

Calls for two judges accused of crime to step aside while a third appears before Judicial Conduct Tribunal on a complaint of impeachable misconduct

By Emsie Ferreira
Judges in the spotlight for alleged serious wrongdoing
National
/ 21 February 2023

Judges in the spotlight for alleged serious wrongdoing

Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele

By Emsie Ferreira
Delay in sentencing bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mthimkhulu
National
/ 18 July 2022

Delay in sentencing bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mthimkhulu

Transcripts blamed as Mthimkhulu, who was convicted in January on thee fraud counts, still has not been sentenced

By Khaya Koko
Ramaphosa tells parliament to act on Zondo’s findings on the State Security Agency
Politics
/ 4 July 2022

Ramaphosa tells parliament to act on Zondo’s findings on the State Security Agency

The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed

By Emsie Ferreira
Prasa waiting for court order to secure return of 23 tall locomotives — Ramatlakane
National
/ 30 March 2022

Prasa waiting for court order to secure return of 23 tall locomotives — Ramatlakane

The Spanish locomotives procured in an infamous state capture deal will be adjusted to run on local railway lines in an agreement designed to ensure the company recovers R1-billion of the money it lost

By Emsie Ferreira
Bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mthimkhulu guilty of fraud
National
/ 31 January 2022

Bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mthimkhulu guilty of fraud

Mthimkhulu, who caused Prasa to spend R2.6-billion for trains unsuitable for the country’s rail network, faces a lengthy jail sentence

By Khaya Koko
Montana backs Prasa-fraud accused Mthimkhulu as court hears how he bagged the top job
National
/ 24 January 2022

Montana backs Prasa-fraud accused Mthimkhulu as court hears how he bagged the top job

Montana testified that ‘unqualified’ Mthimkhulu was the right engineer for the state rail agency, despite his acquisition of allegedly faulty locomotives

By Khaya Koko
Whistleblowers: Your testimony makes South Africa proud
Opinion
/ 21 January 2022

Whistleblowers: Your testimony makes South Africa proud

Those brave people who speak truth to power elevate the Constitution to more than just a text.

By John G Clarke
SA whistleblowers call for reform of Protected Disclosures Act
National
/ 14 January 2022

SA whistleblowers call for reform of Protected Disclosures Act

Whistleblowers also want the introduction of compensation to a whistleblower for loss of livelihoods, income, life savings, pensions and reputations

By Tunicia Phillips
Timeline: State security-compromising attacks
National
/ 13 January 2022

Timeline: State security-compromising attacks

Eskom, parliament, constitutional court, looting could all be linked. ‘We smell a rat’, says Blade Nzimande

By Tunicia Phillips
Zondo: Prasa and SAA whistleblowers needed protection
National
/ 9 January 2022

Zondo: Prasa and SAA whistleblowers needed protection

The report recommends that the government establishes a public procurement anti-corruption agency to ‘formulate measures for the making of reports by whistleblowers and for their protection and incentivisation’

By Tunicia Phillips
What’s in store for SA as the ANC implodes?
Opinion
/ 3 December 2021

What’s in store for SA as the ANC implodes?

As the increasingly less relevant ANC vacates the middle ground and the centre-left, a void opens, which will urgently need to be filled

By Richard Calland
Prasa confirms precautionary suspension of its chief executive, Zolani Matthews
National
/ 19 November 2021

Prasa confirms precautionary suspension of its chief executive, Zolani Matthews

The board suspended Matthews after a meeting that considered “an alleged sensitive matter of security breach and other contractual obligations associated with” his employment contract

By Emsie Ferreira
High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender
National
/ 26 August 2021

High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa did not publicise the tender and gave it to the consultancy despite its bid being R346-million more than that of another company.

By Kiri Rupiah
Montana lied about former tender committee chair’s role in Swifambo locomotive deal, Zondo hears
National
/ 2 June 2021

Montana lied about former tender committee chair’s role in Swifambo locomotive deal, Zondo hears

Tiro Holele said the former Prasa head was part of a pattern where executives mastermind irregular deals but blame subordinates

By Emsie Ferreira
Response to the falsehoods about the M&G in Sanef’s media ethics and credibility report
Editorial
/ 31 March 2021

Response to the falsehoods about the M&G in Sanef’s media ethics and credibility report

Media houses holding each other to account is essential to a working democracy, but false claims serve only to undermine that goal

By The Editorial
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