Monthly Archives: May 2025

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

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PRASA is established in terms of Section 22 of the Legal Succession to the South African Transport Services Act on 2008 (as amended). It is a public entity wholly-owned by Government and report to the Minister of Transport. The legal mandate directs PRASA to deliver commuter rail services in the Metropolitan areas of South Africa, long-distance (inter-city) rail and bus services within, to and from the borders of the Republic of South Africa. This mandate is implemented in consultation with and under the guidance of the Minister of Transport.

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National Laboratory Association South Africa (NLASA)

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The National Laboratory Association will look after the interests of the large number of laboratories in South Africa. This includes measuring, testing, calibration, verification and other bodies, as well as laboratories which operate in well-defined areas of R&D in the natural and applied sciences.

The objectives of the new National Laboratory Association is to become a truly representative association for accredited and non-accredited member laboratories.

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National Foundry Technology Network (NFTN)

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The National Foundry Technology Network aims to support and facilitate growth and transformation in the foundry (metal-casting) industry through focused interventions that are designed to support improved foundry competitiveness, the industrialisation of new technologies and products and the development of critical skills for the sector. The NFTN is a programme of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) hosted by the CSIR.

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Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

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The Regulator’s key function is economic regulation of the ports system in South Africa, in line with the strategic development context of the state. In accordance with this mandate, the Regulator performs certain functions and activities in the industry that relate mainly to regulation of pricing and other aspects of economic regulation, promotion of equity of access to ports facilities and services, monitoring the industry’s compliance with the regulatory framework and also hearing any complaints and appeals lodged with it.

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