Commuter activist group #UniteBehind has asked the Western Cape High Court to order the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa to hand over a list of all the security companies it employed in the Western Cape, as well as the contracts with these companies.
The respondents in the case are Prasa’s information officer, Prasa itself, and Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande. Members of #UniteBehind who use the trains in the Western Cape have regularly reported that the security personnel employed by Prasa in the Western Cape are often nowhere to be seen. #UniteBehind has good reason to believe that corruption within Prasa is behind the decline in security on Metrorail. The Public Protector’s investigation into Prasa of 2015 uncovered serious maladministration, corruption and intimidation at the agency under the leadership of former CEO Lucky Montana.