By Ragheema Mclean Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has expressed her condolences to the families of the 16 people who lost their lives in a bus crash on the N1 near Touws River in the Western Cape. According to the Department of Transport, the bus was carrying 78 passengers from Cape Town to Idutywa in the Eastern Cape when it overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning. Department spokesperson Collen […]
LOCAL Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has formally invited minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, to assemble a working committee on the devolution of urban rail functions. This follows Mbalula's remarks that the City of Cape Town is ‘leading the way’ in the devolution of passenger rail in South Africa. Mbalula had responded to a question by DA Shadow Minister of Transport, Chris Hunsinger, wherein he agreed that the devolution of […]
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula was stuck in a train during a ride to monitor the reopening of Cape Town’s central line. The line has been closed since 2019 because of theft and vandalism. Mbalula, Western Cape MEC for mobility Daylin Mitchell, Cape Town mayoral member for human settlements Malusi Booi, Prasa and Metrorail employees and a media contingent took a train from the Cape Town train station to Langa at […]
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says there are 1.3 million expired driving licence cards that are yet to be renewed in South Africa. Mbalula was briefing the media at the Grasmere Toll plaza, south of Johannesburg, on Thursday. There is only one week left before the final deadline for the extended grace period for the renewal of driving licence cards that expired between March 2020 and August 2021. Mbalula says, “There […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
