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A fire in February this year damaged two coaches and destroyed one.
BLUE TRAIN

Luxury Blue Train goes off the rails again

Troubled Transnet featured in the state capture inquiry and had a loss of R8.4-billion in 2020-21

  • Melody Emmett
6 min read
A Transnet marshall opens the gate platform for the South African luxury Blue Train lounge ahead of a press train journey on September 8, 2015 in Pretoria. South Africa transport giant Transnet began on September 8, a partnership with Africa’s largest tourism, leisure and gaming group Sun International. Transnet chose Sun International as the winning bidder to develop and implement a marketing strategy for the Blue Train. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
BLUE TRAIN

The Blue Train’s great Gupta voyage – and the whistleblower who paid for it

In 2016, Prinsloo sounded the alarm about the hazardous condition of the Blue Train and free trips being offered to friends of Transnet executives, including the Gupta family and…

  • Melody Emmett
8 min read