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Transnet has underspent on maintenance of rail infrastructure by at least R27-billion over the past decade, according to an analysis by the African Rail Industry Association. (Photo: Dean Hutton / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

Transnet strike goes ahead as planned

More workers have joined the strike as unions face off with Transnet at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
3 min read
Bishop Rubin Phillip, theologian, anti-apartheid activist and a close friend of Steve Biko. (Photograph by Mlungisi Mbele/New Frame)
1935 SLUMS ACT

Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

  • Carlos Amato
16 min read
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (David Harrison/M&G)
BUSINESS RESCUE

SAA’s rescue men fly in defiance

The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan

  • Thando Maeko
8 min read
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Civil Aviation Authority denies corruption

The Civil Aviation Authority and the transport department denied allegations of corruption after granting SAA exemption from long flights.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

Metrorail strike over

Satawu has accepted a new wage offer from the Passenger Rail Agency of SA, ending a 15-day nationwide strike that left commuters stranded.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read