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Tag: Metrorail

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SATAWU Calls for Labour Consultation on Prasa Turnaround

January 18, 2020Zanele Sabela1 commentAutopax, Bongisizwe Mpondo, Metrorail, Modernisation, Prasa turnaround strategy, Shosholoza Meyl

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…

Police Ombuds Probes Inaction on Prasa Train Arson

January 15, 2020Zanele SabelaNo commentsMetrorail, Prasa, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula, Western Cape Police Ombudsman, Western Cape train arson

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…

SATAWU’s 4th National Elective Congress – a Rousing Success

September 17, 2018Zanele Sabela1 commentMetrorail, Prasa, SAA, SATAWU 4th National Elective Congress Declarations, SOEs, Transnet

Six hundred delegates of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) converged at the Midrand Conference Centre on 15 September, 2018 for its 4th Elective National Congress. The theme, discussion and direction of the National Congress was not only to elect new leaders but aimed to reclaim, renew and unite the organisation for…

PRASA needs to get its house in order instead of blaming human error

September 5, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsFirst Take SA, human error, Metrorail, Prasa, SAFM, train crash

Investigations are underway into the exact cause of YESTERDAY’s train collision that left over 100 people injured in Selby south of Johannesburg. Metrorail says a train travelling from Faraday towards New Canada collided head on with another train bound for Naledi in Soweto. All the injured were taken to various nearby hospitals. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke…

SATAWU Calls on Prasa to Accelerate Modernisation Programme after Commuters’ Rampage

August 13, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentscommuters' rampage, Metrorail, Modernisation programme, Naledi station, Prasa, train crew, Vehicles burnt

South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (SATAWU) is calling on Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to accelerate its modernisation programme after commuters went on a rampage in Naledi, Soweto on Friday. Commuters went on a destructive riot stoning and setting fire to cars belonging to Metrorail staff after trains were delayed on…

A Brief History of SATAWU on its 18th Anniversary

May 18, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsCosatu, Metrorail, Origins, SARHWU, SATAWU History, Security sector, TGWU, Transnet

Eighteen years, on 18 – 20 May 2000, SATAWU’s historic inaugral National Congress took place under the banner of COSATU, giving birth to a giant trade union to be a home for all transport, cleaning & security workers in South Africa with a paid up membership of 103 000. The historic merger was implemented in terms…

Mind the gap: One train system for the poor and another for the affluent

March 19, 2018Zanele SabelaNo commentsfemale train drivers, Mamelodi, Metrorail, train drivers, train hijacking

Abusive commuters, name-calling, being touched inappropriately. The horror stories that train drivers have been relating lately highlight the difference between train systems in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic hub. None of these stories were related by drivers of the Gautrains, which cater for the affluent. These drivers work for Metrorail, which is for the poor. The…

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