Transport minister to put in place a two-stage intervention beginning with the appointment of a task team to undertake an analysis of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA
Transport minister to put in place a two-stage intervention beginning with the appointment of a task team to do analysis on commuter rail agencyTransport minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday said that the government’s strategy to turn around the crisis-ridden Passenger Rail Agency of SA had failed and that “something much more drastic” was needed.
Activist grouping #Unite Behind has been campaigning for the train service to be declared a disaster so that emergency steps can be taken. “A factual report will be presented to me addressing key factors that would have led to the failed implementation of Prasa’s Turn-Around Strategies,” he said. In addition to its security and infrastructure problems, Prasa has been beset with internal instability and has not had a permanent CEO for six years. Nzimande said when he took over the a year ago, he had put in a place an interim board and soon afterwards had developed a turnaround strategy.
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