Prasa ups the comedy amid the tragedy
Competition authorities stick it to this mismanaged, gravy-gobbling, dogshow of a state-owned enterprise
If you have ever caught a long-distance bus from Johannesburg’s Park Station, you will know that it is, at times, like being cast into one of the nine circles of hell with lost souls, sorry, passengers, choking on clouds of sulphurous diesel smoke from idling buses.Having to pay for access to this waiting room of the damned is one of the reasons that private bus operators took the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) to the Competition Commission, which in turn ruled this week that Prasa must head to the Competition Tribunal for abusing its power.Prasa has a lot of haters these days, starting with millions of commuters who are rarely assured that their train will actually reach its destination without breaking down or catching fire.Easy, then, to pat the commission on the back and stick it to this mismanaged, gravy-gobbling, dogshow of a state-owned enterprise, except that this will be a tribunal to watch.Prasa’s submission to the commission alleged, among other things, that it wan...
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