Metrorail across the country is in disarray yet Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has taken no steps to devolve responsibility for commuter rail to municipalities. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

How close is Cape Town to taking over commuter rail?

The mayor of Cape Town has been asking the minister of transport to devolve responsibility for commuter rail from national government to the City. But Minister Mbalula has ignored Mayor Hill-Lewis’s correspondence. The law provides for commuter rail to be devolved to municipal level. So commuter activist group #UniteBehind has Read more…

R27-million from Lottery but six years later rehab still not operational

R27-million from Lottery but six years later rehab still not operational

An unfinished, unopened rehab centre in Mpumalanga has received almost R27-million in funding from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) since 2016. This is part of R67.5-million in grants that the Southern African Youth Movement (SAYM), the NPO responsible for the project, has received from the NLC. Investigators found a host Read more…