In a sign that the government is taking the turnaround of state-owned entities seriously, it has placed the embattled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) under administration for a year.

The decision, announced by transport minister Fikile Mbalula on Monday, comes a week after the country's ailing national carrier SAA was placed under business rescue. ..

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