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Despite warnings that SA’s dilapidated rail network was not ready for long-distance trains, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) last month signed a locomotive lease deal and opened for business with disastrous consequences, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded over the festive season
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Prasa headquarters. Picture: Moneyweb Transport minister Fikile Mbalula said that the most urgent task confronting Prasa was to get trains back in service.
Following Cabinet’s approval, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced officially on Saturday Zolani Mathews as the new CEO of the embattled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa.)
Matthews replaces Thandeka Mabija, who was appointed as acting CEO late last year by the new Prasa board.
“We inherited a broken organization from years of poor performance, rampant corruption, and poor culture of accountability,” said Mbalula before the announcement at the Langa train station in the Westen Cape.