Cape Town’s central line reopens
R1.3 billion spent to restore rail corridor suspended in 2019 due to land occupations and vandalism.
Public transport
Brewing nationwide bus strike
Numsa says a strike in the passenger bus sector is likely at the end of March.
Prasa promises trains for Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain by year-end
Prasa promises trains to be running on Cape Town’s busiest line by the end of the year but has yet to relocate hundreds of families who built homes along the railway during the Covid lockdown.
Bus commuters knocked by fare increase
The cost of transport is up to half of a Khayelitsha household’s expenses and it is going ever up.
Attempts to relocate land occupiers on Cape Town railway going nowhere
Trains on Prasa’s central line in Cape Town have not run since November 2019, allowing landless people to move on to the railway. It is now unclear when rail services on the city’s busiest line will resume.
Thousands of learners left behind by taxi strike
The Western Cape education department says that at the height of the strike, 852,259 learners stayed home from school in the province.
Taxi drivers in South Africa want to register their trade union
On the 4th of July the National Public Transport Workers Association (Qina Mshayeli) notified the department of employment and labour of their intent to register the union.
Nyanga commuters happy with resumption of train services
The partial re-opening of the central line in Cape Town has brought a collective sigh of relief from commuters.
Taxi blockade in Khayelitsha causes thousands of learners to miss school
The ongoing blockade of learner transport operators in Khayelitsha has resulted in over 13,000 learners missing school since Monday.
Taxi protest in Cape Town – Photo essay
The protest called by Santaco left thousands stranded on the first day of the two-day action.
Station vendors suffering due to railway suspension
Vendors that trade at central line stations say that the suspension of the railway service has negatively affected them.
2019 in pictures
To round off the year, Elitsha brings you some of the stories we covered this year.
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