(Tariro Washinyira, GroundUp) Prasa will resume its services on a limited scale on Wednesday.Commuter trains stopped their services for 13 weeks as the country went under lockdown on 27 March.Commuters have been warned to wear masks inside and outside trains, and to observe physical distancing.Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) will resume its services…
Popo Molefe , the former chairperson of the Board of PRASA, testifies at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on June 29. Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle The former chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa says he previously reported allegations of corruption at Prasa to the ANC's Top 6. Molefe was speaking before…
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, (Photo: Netwerk24) The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture resumes on Monday.The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) will be in the spotlight as proceedings continue.The inquiry will hear testimony from former chairperson of the Prasa board, Popo Molefe.The judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture -…
Prasa has launched an investigation into the leaking of a confidential security tender.Prasa administrator Bongisizwe Mpondo has employed retired Brigadier General Tebogo Rakau to investigate the leak.The state owned company recently fired four senior officials found guilty of gross misconduct. The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has launched an internal investigation into how a confidential…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have