ActionSA is deeply concerned by explosive revelations that over R2.5 billion has already been spent, as part of a R7.5 billion contract, to refurbish obsolete “yellow” trains under PRASA’s so-called General Overhaul Project. These trains, now rusting in depots, serve no purpose in PRASA’s modern rail strategy and will never return to service.
This is not merely another example of wasteful expenditure. It is a textbook case of state-sponsored mismanagement, misgovernance, and fiscal recklessness.
Today, ActionSA MP and member on of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, Malebo Kobe has written to both Mr Selelo Selamolela, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, and Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy, demanding urgent action, full transparency and meaningful accountability.
We have called on the Chairperson to immediately invoke Parliament’s powers under Section 56 of the Constitution to summon all individuals implicated in this fiasco to appear before the Committee, including:
- Former Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula
- Acting Group CEO of PRASA, David Mphelo
- Former PRASA Board Chairperson, Leonard Ramatlakane
- Mr Molefe Mosweu, directly linked to the project
We further demand the immediate interrogation of the Webber Wentzel report, commissioned by PRASA in relation to this scandalous contract.
To Minister Creecy, ActionSA has submitted a detailed list of urgent and critical questions to get the bottom of this matter and find out what actions the minister will take to halt this wasteful expenditure.
It is unacceptable that in a country plagued by soaring unemployment, deepening poverty, and collapsing public infrastructure, billions are being squandered on rusting relics that have no place in the future of public transport.
PRASA has become a bottomless pit for public funds, plagued by dysfunction, shielded from accountability, and operating with no regard for the millions of working-class South Africans who depend on affordable and reliable MetroRail services.
ActionSA will not rest until there are consequences. South Africans deserve answers, resignations, prosecutions and above all, a reliable and affordable rail service.
ActionSA Demands Accountability for R7.5 Billion PRASA Trains That Sit Idle
ActionSA is deeply concerned by explosive revelations that over R2.5 billion has already been spent, as part of a R7.5 billion contract, to refurbish obsolete “yellow” trains under PRASA’s so-called General Overhaul Project. These trains, now rusting in depots, serve no purpose in PRASA’s modern rail strategy and will never return to service.
This is not merely another example of wasteful expenditure. It is a textbook case of state-sponsored mismanagement, misgovernance, and fiscal recklessness.
Today, ActionSA MP and member on of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, Malebo Kobe has written to both Mr Selelo Selamolela, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport, and Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy, demanding urgent action, full transparency and meaningful accountability.
We have called on the Chairperson to immediately invoke Parliament’s powers under Section 56 of the Constitution to summon all individuals implicated in this fiasco to appear before the Committee, including:
We further demand the immediate interrogation of the Webber Wentzel report, commissioned by PRASA in relation to this scandalous contract.
To Minister Creecy, ActionSA has submitted a detailed list of urgent and critical questions to get the bottom of this matter and find out what actions the minister will take to halt this wasteful expenditure.
It is unacceptable that in a country plagued by soaring unemployment, deepening poverty, and collapsing public infrastructure, billions are being squandered on rusting relics that have no place in the future of public transport.
PRASA has become a bottomless pit for public funds, plagued by dysfunction, shielded from accountability, and operating with no regard for the millions of working-class South Africans who depend on affordable and reliable MetroRail services.
ActionSA will not rest until there are consequences. South Africans deserve answers, resignations, prosecutions and above all, a reliable and affordable rail service.