Tag: Metrorail
Planned Metrorail strike aims to turn rail service around
Metrorail Western Cape has confirmed they are aware of an impending nationwide strike by the United National Transport Union which is expected to take place this month.
As trains throughout the Cape...
Metrorail apologises for trains across the Cape coming to a halt
Metrorail Western Cape has apologised unreservedly to its customers for trains coming to a halt across the region on Thursday morning.
The delays were attributed to two incidents, said Metrorail spokesperson Riana Scott.
"In the...
Rail Enforcement Unit’s clampdown on metal theft yielding results
Eight suspects will appear in court this week on various rail-related crimes, following the Rail Enforcement Unit (REU)’s clampdown on scrapyards, bucket shops and hot spots last week.
The unit had focused...
Probe into Metrorail’s failings gets under way
Cape Town - The public protector's office has met with the chairperson of the standing committee on transport and public works, Nceba Hinana, and DA chief whip Mark Wiley to start...
No new trains for Cape Town after R30m arson attack?
Plans to send new trains to Cape Town to help to bolster Metrorail’s ageing fleet could be put on hold following an alleged arson attack which left 11 carriages destroyed at...
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Alarming number of engineers leaving SA
In a statement issued by the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), the organisation has decried South Africa's brain drain problem as reaching...
