On 5 January, 20 of the 28 wagons in a Maputo-bound train carrying export sugar from Zimbabwe derailed between Chokwe and Mabalane in Mozambique's Gaza province, 272km north of the port. Twelve...
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The derailment of a loaded coal train at Fisantekraal, 39km from Cape Town on the branch from Kraaifontein to Malmesbury, badly damaged concrete pillars supporting the R312 bridge over the line,...
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A continuing epidemic of cable thievery has the public asking repeatedly ' why don't they go for the scrap metal merchants, who must surely be receiving and paying for the copper? How right they have...
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Two people died and 13 were badly hurt on 24 November when the driver of a minibus-taxi from Umhlanga lost control of his vehicle as he approached the T-junction of a road-over-railway bridge. The...
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An exceptional storm in Gauteng on 28 November badly disrupted commuter train services in the Friday afternoon peak. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) COO Mosenngwa Mofi blamed 'old...
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In a horror level crossing accident at Dahshour in Giza on 18 November, 26 people were killed when a train collided with a bus. According to the State Information Service in Cairo, a further 29 people...
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Gautrain morning peak-hour service broke down between the Sandton and Rosebank stations on 13 November, giving rise to a flood of complaints from commuters, some saying they were 'hours late' for...
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On 5 November, an afternoon signalling problem at Nyanga on Metrorail's Central Line in Cape Town gave rise to train delays of up to 40 minutes. Apparently three men alighted from a stationary train...
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On 25 August 2010, minibus-taxi driver Jacob Humphreys, who was taking 14 children to school, overtook a line of stationary cars, ignored warning signals and drove around the lowered booms at Buttskop...
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On 30 October 2013, 15 people died when a Dandora-bound commuter train ran into a 33-seater matatu minibus at an 'unofficial' crossing at Mutindwa in Nairobi's Umoja estate. About 20 were admitted to...
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