Prasa botches critical R7.5bn train repair tender
Prasa’s awarding a multibillion-rand train maintenance tender to companies with no capacity, facilities or finances could keep the entity off the rails.
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Prasa’s awarding a multibillion-rand train maintenance tender to companies with no capacity, facilities or finances could keep the entity off the rails.
Prasa faces the threat of total collapse after shedding millions of customers, and haemorrhaging revenue over the past four years. Now its handling of a R7.5 billion overhaul and maintenance tender has the potential to deepen the existing crisis.
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