South African commuters run to board a train South African commuter trains typically carry about 1,000 passengers Rail passengers angry at service delays torched at least 26 train carriages near Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. Carriages…
By Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2015 Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) chairman, Popo Molefe, has reportedly admitted that the controversial locomotives brought into the country this year are not suited to the local rail infrastructure….
Five people including the driver and an assistant sustained injuries. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) took journalists aboard the new trains it purchased from a Spanish manufacturer to prove that they comply with…
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has confirmed that its head of engineering Daniel Mtimkulu lied about his qualifications By Staff Writer – July 18, 2015 115 Comments The Passenger Rail Agency of…
2015-07-05 07:27 Johannesburg – South African railways officials imported brand new locomotives from Europe worth hundreds of millions of rand despite explicit warnings that the trains are not suited for local rail lines. In what…
July 15 2015 at 01:38pm THE STAR Johannesburg – Passengers meant to travel on Metrorail trains in Germiston were stranded on Wednesday morning after enraged commuters torched two trains because several trains were running late…
SOUTH AFRICA RANDFONTEIN – The Randfontein train station, west of Johannesburg, has been indefinitely closed. According to Metrorail spokesman Lillian Mofokeng said protesters from a nearby community on Monday set fire to two vehicles, looted…
September 8, 2015 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, what would it be called if we do it worse the next time around? The proposed South African new nuclear build…
Nuclear Power in South Africa (Updated June 2015) South Africa has two nuclear reactors generating 5% of its electricity. South Africa’s first commercial nuclear power reactor began operating in 1984. Government commitment to the future…
BY ROB ROSE, 03 SEPTEMBER 2015, 06:48 While government remains coy about how much the Gupta family earned for flying deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa to Japan last week, the family’s 64%-owned Oakbay Resources is hoping…
