SA’s infamous “too tall trains” saga — which led in part to Prasa spending billions on a contract that was cancelled — has left the country’s long-distance rail service in a state of collapse, without reliable locomotives to haul its trains.
The director-general of the department of transport, Alec Moemi, told parliament’s portfolio committee on transport on Tuesday that while media reports had said the trains were too tall, they were found to be compliant by the railway safety regulator (RSR)...
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