Corporate Affairs
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Golden Arrow announces a fare increase
The Golden Arrow Bus Service said on Friday it would increase passenger fares from December 28 to try and mitigate the effects of significantly higher operational cost throughout the year. In a statement Golden Arrow general manager Derrick Meyer said as per the company’s interim operating contract with the provincial government, this year’s calculated permissible increase amounted to 16.5 percent.
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Golden Arrow announces a fare increase
The Golden Arrow Bus Service said on Friday it would increase passenger fares from December 28 to try and mitigate the effects of significantly higher operational cost throughout the year. In a statement Golden Arrow general manager Derrick Meyer said as per the company’s interim operating contract with the provincial government, this year’s calculated permissible increase amounted to 16.5 percent.
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Gauteng clearing drivers licence renewal backlog, says Mamabolo
More than 51 000 people managed to renew their driver’s licences across South Africa’s Gauteng province in November, after a major intervention led by member of the executive council for public transport and roads infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo following an outcry on a massive backlog. Mamabolo expressed satisfaction on how his department, together with the Road Traffic Management Corporation and the Driving License Card Account, had made progress in cutting the backlog.
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Gauteng clearing drivers licence renewal backlog, says Mamabolo
More than 51 000 people managed to renew their driver’s licences across South Africa’s Gauteng province in November, after a major intervention led by member of the executive council for public transport and roads infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo following an outcry on a massive backlog. Mamabolo expressed satisfaction on how his department, together with the Road Traffic Management Corporation and the Driving License Card Account, had made progress in cutting the backlog.
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Mbalula says truck protesters will face economic sabotage charges
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday said those who burnt trucks in protests on South Africa’s roads would be arrested and charged with economic sabotage. “We remain seriously concerned about the escalation of attacks on our roads,” he told a debate in Parliament about road safety during the festive season.
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Mbalula says truck protesters will face economic sabotage charges
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Tuesday said those who burnt trucks in protests on South Africa’s roads would be arrested and charged with economic sabotage. “We remain seriously concerned about the escalation of attacks on our roads,” he told a debate in Parliament about road safety during the festive season.
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Ramatlakane says it will be a challenge, but ’wrong things’ at PRASA must be fixed
PRASA’s woes must be resolved so that it can deliver cheaper, safe and reliable public transport to South Africa’s working class, former ANC MP Leonard Ramatlakane said shortly after he was named as the new chairman of the embattled entity. “All the wrong things must be dealt with and we must restore reliability, punctuality, safety and affordability to our trains,” he told African News Agency (ANA).
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Ramatlakane says it will be a challenge, but ’wrong things’ at PRASA must be fixed
PRASA’s woes must be resolved so that it can deliver cheaper, safe and reliable public transport to South Africa’s working class, former ANC MP Leonard Ramatlakane said shortly after he was named as the new chairman of the embattled entity. “All the wrong things must be dealt with and we must restore reliability, punctuality, safety and affordability to our trains,” he told African News Agency (ANA).
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Ramatlakane says it will be a challenge, but ’wrong things’ at PRASA must be fixed
PRASA’s woes must be resolved so that it can deliver cheaper, safe and reliable public transport to South Africa’s working class, former ANC MP Leonard Ramatlakane said shortly after he was named as the new chairman of the embattled entity. “All the wrong things must be dealt with and we must restore reliability, punctuality, safety and affordability to our trains,” he told African News Agency (ANA).
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Work on Central and Mabopane rail lines delayed by a year, says PRASA
It will take another year for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to restore limited electrical service on the main rail lines servicing Cape Town and Johannesburg, the entity conceded in Parliament on Wednesday. “We are now looking at the end of October or November next year to bring back limited electrical service on the Central and Mabopane lines,“ PRASA’s chief executive for infrastructure, Hishaam Emeran, told Parliament’s standing committee on transport, public service, administration and public works.