Durban – Cable theft has reached such high levels that the crime has now prevented a major train network from working efficiently. The Shosholoza Meyl was brought to a halt on Monday after an overhead ...

Leonard Potgieter (Shosholoza Meyl Marketing Manager) and Ben Makinita (Shosholoza Meyl Communications and Marketing Specialist) during the launch. POLOKWANE – The Shosholoza Meyl which promises to ...

Even by the elevated tragicomic nature of our state-owned enterprises, this was a pearler. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) announced with great fanfare that it was resuming the ...

The Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) has established a board of inquiry to investigate the horrific Shosholoza Meyl train crash that killed 19 people in the Free State last week. The inquiry will ...

Johannesburg - Shosholoza Meyl announced on Wednesday that it has set aside R20m to beef up security on its trains following a shooting incident last month. Three passengers were shot at in the ...

A Shosholoza Meyl train derailed near Kroonstad in the Free State on Thursday morning. A video posted on Twitter showed several train cars on fire. Emergency services are on the scene where a ...

It is no surprise that the Shosholoza Meyl long-distance train service has been stopped in its tracks amid safety and other concerns. A recent trip from Joburg to Cape Town that should have taken 26 ...

Johannesburg — Transnet CEO Mafika Mkwanazi has called on government policymakers to consider urgently granting a subsidy to Shosholoza Meyl, the long distance passenger rail company housed within ...

Just in time for the holidays! Shosholoza Meyl will resume its Joburg to Durban and Cape Town route from December 6. The services resume following a suspension in 2021 due to operational and network ...

I am awakened in the middle of the night by a sudden jolt and look blearily out of the window. In the inky darkness no land is visible and all I see is the heavens ablaze with stars. I feel I am in a ...

The Shosholoza Meyl, a long-distance train service operated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), has been ordered to stop operating with immediate effect. This follows a fatal train ...

The Shosholoza Meyl has been ordered to stop operating immediately. This follows findings by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) against the Prasa-operated train service after a fatal crash on February ...