Long-distance rail operator Shosholoza Meyl will be back on track by the end of November after a three-month dispute with the state-owned Transnet saw its services suspended.
The Passenger Rail Agency of SA announced the re-instatement of its train service in a statement yesterday.
Bookings for December and January for the chartered train service were already open.
Prasa suspended the Shosholoza Meyl service on August 13. While Transnet accused Prasa of owing it around R1.3-billion, Prasa's CEO, Lucky Montana, in turn accused Transnet of charging too much and doing a poor job in maintaining its locomotives.
Shosholoza Meyl was transferred from Transnet to Prasa early last year.
In its annual financial report, Prasa said it had "inherited from Transnet a business that was poorly managed, neglected and whose financial management systems and internal controls were non-existent and certainly did not meet acceptable record- keeping principles".
source: Times Live
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