The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) will be implementing travel fare increases for the first time in 10 years.
The rail agency will make the changes from the beginning of August.
The agency said single trips will increase by R2.50 and return tickets will go up by R5.50 to R6.
PRASA
PRASA said it’s making these changes to be able to fund critical operational needs, such as energy and maintenance costs.
It said it also needs to strengthen security measures at stations and on trains by adding staff with the use of technology.
This comes as the rail agency has faced much public criticism from political parties about a slew of corruption allegations.
Most recently, ActionSA revealed that R2.5 billion was spent on a project to refurbish the old yellow trains, which was not done.
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