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We reflect on nearly two decades of the Gautrain’s transformative journey in Gauteng, celebrating its legacy as one of South Africa’s most successful public infrastructure projects.
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A golden legacy for Gauteng: Thank you for the journey of a lifetime

For nearly two decades, the Bombela Concession Company has had the immense privilege of moving the people of Gauteng. As our 19.5-year Concession Agreement draws to a close on 27…

A recent brand valuation study found that 85% of Gautrain users travel to work, and the reasons they keep coming back are reliability, efficiency and safety.

The station is the strategy

In a city that functions well, the station is the address everything else organises itself around.

Integrating transport modes would enhance accessibility and efficiency for people of varying income levels.

A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

Borehole water collection in Johannesburg. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Against the flow: Boreholes and why government must prioritise the water crisis

Failure in water provision has a ripple effect on other sectors

DHL GradStar Awards 2023 – Top100

The ceremony was a momentous occasion to honour these students and celebrate their accomplishments

Kgaugelo Habyane, podcaster behind Manned Up Conversations, Jaco van Schalkwyk, Founder of the Character Company and Professor Malose Langa at the #Fatherlessness Dialogue.
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Mitigating the impact of fatherlessness in SA

Gautrain partnership aims to ‘raise boys to be good men’

From a boy-child to a man 

Gautrain campaign focuses on raising the men South Africa needs

The Gautrain metro seen here arriving at a station

Gautrain extension awaits treasury approval, not likely to start before 2026

Proposed Gauteng Rapid Rail Integrated Network will connect the current Marlboro to Sandton stations in Johannesburg to Randburg, Cosmo City and Little Falls

Still running: The high-speed rail network is being saved from financial difficulty by a confidential patronage guarantee agreement Bombela struck with the Gauteng government. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty

Covid-19’s work-from-home plans hit Gautrain

Bombela says a rebound hinges on vaccine and return-to-work developments and that money from government to cover the shortfall is capped

A thing of the past? The first vehicle of its kind in the country will arrive by the end of this year and it will be rigorously tested under local conditions.

Taxis: The illegitimate children of Mzansi’s transport industry

It is clear that the democratic government has failed the taxi industry, not only now during the Covid-19 pandemic, but for decades.

A construction worker at Soccer City Stadium in Diepkloof  on August 7, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by /Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

World Cup review, Part III: The moguls who battled doubt

We talk to the organisers whose every waking moment was consumed by the duty of hosting a successful tournament

Researchers have established, for instance, that spatial apartheid contributes directly to Joburg’s chronic unemployment. (Gallo)

Moving towards undoing Joburg’s spatial apartheid

The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the…

Former Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) chief executive officer Nkululeko Poya.

Poya launched private probe into rail regulator board

The disciplinary proceedings against the suspended Rail Safety Regulator CEO started this week

Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), which is hosting the forum said this was “incredible” for a first-time event.

African Investment Forum seals 80% of targeted deals

Of the 61 projects discussed at the forum, 45 have been negotiated and closed

Last week Monday, the CCMA ?stepped in to mediate in the meetings between UNTU and BOC. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

First ever Gautrain strike comes to an end, union agrees to wage deal

The first ever Gautrain strike has ended following following two weeks of marathon negotiations

Numsa is demanding a 9% wage increase across the board and a medical aid contribution of 60%. File photo

Gautrain will operate on public holiday, no end in sight for strike

The train will operate with a reduced service during peak periods

CALS said it had released a statement because it wanted to “to deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer”. (Graphic: John McCann)

Gautrain strike to continue, Cape Town taxi strike called off

The Gautrain has been running during peak periods with reduced services since July 30

Much like the burden of infertility, the responsibility of treatment is known to fall disproportionately on women, says the writer (Phanie)

Gautrain strike: Wage negotiations with the help of the CCMA underway

The striking workers and the company are in talks, with the help of the CCMA, to address the impasse but there is no guarantee of a speedy resolution

According to UNTU Bombela Operating Company offered union members an 8.5% salary increase across the board and would not pay employees an incentive bonus.

Striking workers call for Gautrain boycott

The Gautrain is moving to normalise operations during peak periods amidst commuter frustration over reduced services during the industrial action

The UNTU embarked on a strike on Monday morning

Gautrain’s first ever strike

The UNTU embarked on a strike on Monday morning, demanding a 10% wage increase from the Bombela Operating Company which runs the Gautrain