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After inspecting YNF’s Isando rail refurbishment facility, Parliament’s transport committee says Prasa’s general overhaul programme is showing progress. (PRASA GROUP/X)

MPs say Prasa’s general overhaul programme showing signs of recovery

After inspecting YNF’s Isando rail refurbishment facility, Parliament’s transport committee says Prasa’s general overhaul programme is showing progress

Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

Prasa forensic probe into multibillion rand project finds governance weaknesses

Investigation by law firm Webber Wentzel finds no wrongdoing by black-owned YNF Engineering

Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

Prasa achieves first unqualified audit in nine years with 93% performance rate

The state-owned passenger rail agency has a long-term goal of 600 million trips by 2035

Hundreds of #UniteBehind supporters sat in a marquee outside Parliament on Tuesday. Imam Rashied Omar told the protesters that they were gathering as citizens who love their country dearly and will not stand by while “corruption robs our children of their future”. He said that Parliament’s code of conduct is a “shield for corruption”.

Parliament sued for letting corrupt MPs off the hook

The case dates back to 2022, when activist group #UniteBehind laid complaints in terms of parliament’s code of conduct against six ANC MPs implicated in state capture

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2025 Budget. Photo: Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images

Godongwana keeps medium-term infrastructure spending above R1tn to boost ailing economy

The finance minister said the expenditure would be carried out ‘without compromising the fiscal strategy of sustainable public finances’

Signs are that the transport sector is on the path to recovery.

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

Former North West premier Popo Molefe (Gallo Images)

Popo Molefe: From politics to fixing potholes

The struggle stalwart debunks narratives about racial discord in South Africa

Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

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

Prasa, through the rolling stock recapitalisation programme, procured new rolling
stock for its Metro Rail operations as part of its long-term modernisation strategy.
(Delwyn Verasamy)

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

Lucky Montana, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa former chief executive (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

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

Transnet faced intense scrutiny in Parliament as MPs raised concerns about rising debt, weak governance and persistent audit failures in spite of signs of recovery

Transnet and the state’s new spin on privatisation

The government’s draft plan for the beleaguered port and rail operator advances the ideal of an entrepreneurial state

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Gulshan Khan/AFP)

The Fiscal Cliff | State-owned entities: A war zone between political and economic elites

The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance

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

‘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

Leonard Ramatlakane

Minister praises axed Prasa chair Ramatlakane

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

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. (Photo: DispatchLive)

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

In hot water: Judge Nana Makhubele at the Judiciary Conduct Tribunal hearing in Joburg this week over complaints relating to her conduct while at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. (Papi Morake/ Gallo Images)

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

Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. (Judges Matter)

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

Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa. (David Harrison/M&G)

Parliament’s Scopa may subpoena State Security Agency over vetting of SOE employees

The tide is turning, impunity is no longer a given, says national prosecutions boss Shamila Batoyi

Rebuild efforts have been mired in concerns about looting, but — if funding is spent properly — it could provide a much-needed stimulus to a province that was hit by two crises in less than a year. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

KZN flood ‘rebuild’ could offer much-needed economic stimulus

Rebuild efforts have been mired in concerns about looting, but it could provide a much-needed stimulus to a crisis-hit province

Signs are that the transport sector is on the path to recovery.

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…