Fikile Mbalula

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City of Cape Town fuming after Mbalula says devolution strategy for ... (News24)

The City of Cape Town has been dealt another blow in its efforts to take over the management of rail services in the metro, with Transport Minister Fikile ...

Without Prasa's assistance and the national government's cooperation, it will be extremely difficult to conclude this aspect of the feasibility study, which aims to shorten timeframes to devolve rail to the City," he said. "The white paper on national rail policy that was approved in May 2022 states passenger rail needs to be devolved to capable local governments. In his letter to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mbalula wrote: "My department, together with Prasa, has not been given a directive by the government and me to start with any form of devolution.

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President Ramaphosa must confirm if the ANC is binning plans to ... (CapeTown ETC)

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to confirm whether the national government intends to scrap plans to devolve the ...

Next, is a status quo report on the state of passenger rail in Cape Town. “Capetonians deserve a safe, affordable, and reliable train service, and the City’s ongoing Rail Feasibility Study aims to devolve rail in the shortest time. “We already know the national’s Devolution Strategy for rail is delayed until at least 2024, according to outgoing Transport Minister Mbalula. Rail is one of the backbones of the movement of goods and people. The White Paper states a Devolution Strategy for passenger rail would be implemented from 2023, but outgoing Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has already tried to delay it until at least 2024. Approved by the national Cabinet in May 2022, the policy position taken in the paper confirms that passenger rail will be devolved to capable local governments.

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Chaotic scenes erupted outside the venue hosting the Eastern Cape leg of the ANC's nationwide 111th birthday celebrations in Komani on Saturday.

The current council has set a plan of rectifying these challenges but these cannot be fixed overnight due to financial implications.” These are some reminders that society must collectively fight the scourge of gender-based violence.” We will monitor the situation very closely.” In the clip, residents shout, “You bloody thieves. The protesters blockaded all entrances to the Queens Casino and Hotel forcing the ANC to call a strong contingent of Public Order Police to clear the blockade. - Residents felt the ANC's decision to take the Eastern Cape leg of the nationwide celebrations to a town where residents are subjected to unreliable and interrupted service delivery, was an insult.

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