South Africa’s Department of Transport (DoT) has invited responses by 15 December to a series of requests for information (RfI) that will be used to guide the state-owned Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in developing private sector participation (PSP) projects for passenger rail infrastructure and operations.
According to the RfI, persistent challenges have undermined PRASA’s ability to consistently deliver on its mandate, particularly due to infrastructure deterioration, operational inefficiencies and governance shortcomings.
Notwithstanding these constraints, the entity is currently undergoing a steady recovery in operations, with more than Rand 27 billion (US$1.5 billion) invested in capital projects over the past 18 months, approximately 80% of operational corridors restored and passenger volumes already exceeding 50 million for the current financial year. Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has committed to expanding annual passenger trips to 600 million by 2030.
