While Vodacom has cancelled its contract with PRASA for the provision of cellphones, which train drivers used to communicate with control rooms, it has also been revealed that ANC took R9 Billion from PRASA to pay for SANRAL e-tolls, according to Steve Harris from UNTU, which is a union within Prasa. Train drivers use these cellphones to get the verbal go-ahead to use routes to prevent accidents, because they can’t use the radio base system because that is not working either!
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ANC Takes R9 Billion From PRASA to Pay for e-Tolls! With No Brakes, Cellphones, Radios, Guards, SAPS or Money, The PRASA Train Has Derailed & Crashed Yet ANC Vultures Continue To Plunder it!
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Shosholoza train that was delayed for 9 hours left many passengers red under the collar – just another public service that does not provide service
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A man who drove all the way from Velddrif to the West Coast to fetch his children and grandchildren at the Cape Town station is furious after the train only arrived there more than nine hours later. James Swart says his children were on the Shosholoza Meyl, which was delayed about nine hours due to..
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SA’s train transport system leaves much to be desired with constant reports of accidents, derailments and delays – Train derailed in Vereeniging area causes chaos
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Chaos broke lose when a train in Vereeniging derailed and had to use trains from other routes to avoid delays. Metro Rail’s train service in Vereeniging was so badly interupted that the trains that had to leave later were advised to use alternative routes, No injuries were reported, but the cause of the accident is..
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Only in SA and probably a World First! – Prasa Train worth R50 Million was stolen in Umkomaas on Natal South Coast
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A train belonging to the Passenger Rail Agency, a division of Transnet, was stolen from the Umkomaas railway depot and driven to Ilfracombe Station. The two thieves whom stole an empty commuter train from a depot , took it on a 12km joy ride from eMkhomazi to Umgababa on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, leaving security..
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SANDF must now step up to safeguard trains, passengers due to criminals and protesters reeking havoc
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The new trains launched by Ramaphosa must now be guarded on their routes by the SA Defense Force, according to Untu foreman Sonja Carstens. She called for Ramaphosa to declare the condition at Prasa an “emergency” as criminals and protesters threaten the safety of trains and passengers. The launch of the one new train is..
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CCMA in last ditch effort to avert train operator strike
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The dispute between the passenger rail agency (Prasa) and its workers union is heading to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Last week the train operator and union Untu declared a dispute after the agency refused to increase its 7.3 percent wage offer and rule out retrenchments.
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