South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) welcomes the suspension of Richard Walker, Western Cape Regional Manager at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). On Tuesday Prasa announced Walker had been placed on paid leave and Raymond Maseko would act in the position henceforth. SATAWU had been calling for Walker’s suspension following the…
The leadership of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) endorsed the turnaround strategy of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) when it met with the administrator, Bongisizwe Mpondo, on Friday. However, SATAWU was emphatic Mpondo had to take the role of stakeholders seriously and consult unions on critical matters particularly…
Prasa administrator Bongisizwe Mpondo has set himself a December deadline to try to fix the problems at the ailing parastatal. Mpondo labeled Prasa as a broken business, which has experienced systematic erosion of value. He has drawn up a three-phased plan to address the situation. Aldrin Sampear speaks to railway expert Dr Willem Sprong and South…
Cape Town – The Western Cape Police Ombudsman is probing the police’s alleged failure to investigate arson and vandalism of Metrorail trains, and has now called for the public to comment. Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said he approached the ombudsman last year to investigate why the police had been unable to identify or arrest…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) is set to meet the executive of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) tomorrow, 19 November, to continue discussions regarding the termination of security contracts. SATAWU officials met with the board of control of Prasa on 12 November following the decision to terminate more than…
To mark Transport Month SATAWU members at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) will hold lunchtime pickets across Gauteng today, 23 October, to raise concerns about safety at work. Pickets will be held between 12pm and 2pm at Umjantshi House in Park Station, Pretoria Main Station in Tshwane and at the Gauteng South Rail…
Lerato Sithole* is proud of the job she does: getting Johannesburg’s commuters to work and back home again. But when she first started driving trains for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) she wasn’t prepared for the threats she would receive from commuters fed up with the country’s ailing rail system. Amid Transport…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes the launch of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s war room but believes the parastatal missed an opportunity to assure its staff – women staff in particular – that it is concerned for their safety. Launching the war room last Thursday, Minister of Transport Fikile…
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) welcomes Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s maiden budget vote speech as presented in Parliament on Tuesday. The minister spoke extensively about his plans to address the challenges at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) including the appointment of a permanent board of control comprised of capable, educated,…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has identified three key priorities for Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to fix the country’s ailing transport system. Mabalula experienced the challenges commuters face on a daily basis in Cape Town on Tuesday. He was meant to travel by train to Langa, but due to a passenger-related incident at Nyanga Station he was…
