Prasa not ready to restart Metrorail train service, says Mbalula

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Thousands of commuters will have to wait for at least another month to board passenger trains

after Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said the state rail agency Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa was not ready to operate fully.

Mbalula said his department will continue to work closely with Prasa in assessing each line and put measures in place to achieve an acceptable level of readiness. Prasa will continue with the maintenance, servicing and testing of its fleet and further sanitise and disinfect its stations and hubs and on completion will announce the resumption of its services.

Domestic business air travel will resume tomorrow, with airlines allowed to fly between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban subject to adherence to strict health protocol.

 

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Why not?

It will be ready in 2030

Of course they aren’t 🤷‍♀️

Here it goes, the preparation for another level - incompetence is again ripe in his department....

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