Gautrain Talks

e-Lounge Session - Your Next move and # Stagnation Must Fall by Siphiwe Moyo 15 September 2022 This e-lounge chat features Siphiwe Moyo - a seasoned Human Resources, Organisational Behaviour Practitioner and author as we discuss his two books, Your Next Move and #Stagnation Must Fall. Siphiwe Moyo is a sought-after and highly rated International Keynote Speaker, Facilitator and CEO of Paradigm Peo...

e-Lounge Session - Poli Poli by Barbara Masikela 06 December 2022 In this e-Lounge book review session, we have the honour of hosting Barbara Masekela for a discussion on her book, Poli Poli – a memoir. Poli Poli is a remarkable history that speaks to African identity, close family bonds, belonging, struggle and sacrifice, women’s rights, and femininity. Barbara is a South African poet, educator,...

The Gautrain Management Agency recently hosted the fifth instalment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar, in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory. This year’s theme, “Action Learning for Innovation in Public Transport”. It brought to an end the first five years of the Public Transport Knowledge Seminar and provided the opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved. I...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in the final part Mr Siyabonga Mabaso, Senior Executive Responsible for Technical Services, returns to wrap up the broadening of knowledge in...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in Part 5 Chief Commercial Officer of the GMA, Ravi Pillay, and Nyiko Nkuna, Executive Manager for Digital Products, Mobility as a service, w...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in Part 4 Jack VD Merwe, Gauteng Transport Authority CEO, discusses the challenges and solutions to the public transport needs of Gauteng cit...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in Part 3 we hear from Olivia Maponya, Founder and Executive Director of Kopano Bus Company and Lindiwe Mathebula - Specialist in Transport P...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in Part 2 we’re listening to Ricky Stoch, a researcher from Studio Fundi about Innovative Transport Problem Solving and the Wayfinding Report...

The Gautrain Management Agency in partnership with the Gauteng City Region Observatory hosted the 5th installment of the annual Public Transport Knowledge Seminar in October 2022. This year’s theme was “Action Learning for innovation in Public Transport” and in Part 1 you’ll hear from Mr Siyabonga Mabaso, Senior Executive Responsible for Technical Services and Mr Geoff Bickford, researcher for the...

Gau-Talk 32 | The Gautrain Smart Driver Licence Testing Centre Implementation Project by Gautrain Talks

Gau-Talk 31 | Gautrain Rapid Rail Integrated Network by Gautrain Talks

The fourth annual Public Transport Seminar was jointly hosted by the Gautrain Management Agency and the Gauteng City Region Observatory, and GMA Chief Executive William Dachs opened the two-day event by providing some thoughts on the state of public transport in the province of Gauteng.

The fourth annual Public Transport Seminar was jointly hosted by the Gautrain Management Agency and the Gauteng City Region Observatory, and one of the standout discussions featured five interesting panellists from quite diverse backgrounds. That was Behavioural Designer and Consultant Ricky Stoch, Public Interest Technology Fellow at New America, Sascha Haselmayer, Creative Director and Founder o...

The Gautrain Management Agency has enjoyed a fruitful 10-year partnership with the local taxi industry, and here, the current GMA Chief Executive and former Chief Operating Officer, William Dachs, provides unique insight into the background behind this relationship, and why it has worked so well.

The Gautrain first started running in 2010 and here, current Chief Executive and former Chief Operating Officer William Dachs looks back on 11 years of successful operations for the Gautrain Management Agency, including some key highlights and lessons learned in that period.

Come on, my little angels and join Thembi and Themba on a thrilling ride aboard the Gautrain - Africa’s fastest train! It is so much fun, and exciting, too.

Yolisa and her brother Zeb are off for a day of excitement and adventure. Frustrated that she's wheelchair bound, Yolisa starts a conversation on board the Gautrain. But things don't go as planned...

One day at school, Miss Ball announces that she is planning a class-trip to the zoo. But that wasn’t the only exciting thing – they were going there on the Gautrain! Miss Ball explained the rules about travelling on the Gautrain, particularly the importance of manners, as well as all the amazing high-tech features – Sibo couldn’t wait! Then, after raising funds for the trip with a bake sale, the c...

Lindiwe Mathebula, Transport Integration and Planning Specialist at the Gautrain Management Agency, and Lizzy Vundla, Director at the Alexandra Taxi Association, explore the issue of female empowerment in the public transport sector, and what role the GMA’s partnership with the taxi industry has played in it.

Integrated public transport systems have numerous benefits, including improved mobility, sustainability, spatial planning and economic growth, and this is something recognised by the Gautrain Management Agency. Here, Jacob Rambuda, the GMA’s Senior Manager of Public Transport Integration, and Siyabonga Mabaso, the GMA’s Executive for Transport Integration and Planning, talk through how and why the...

The Gautrain Management Agency’s Senior Manager of Public Transport Integration, Jacob Rambuda, and Alexandra Transport Solutions Representative, Mxolisi Ximba, unpack labour and staffing matters, specifically as it relates to Gautrain’s 10-year partnership with the taxi industry in Gauteng.

Hosting the third annual public transport seminar, put on by the Gautrain Management Agency – in partnership with the Gauteng City-Region Observatory – Jesse Harber, senior researcher at the GCRO, sets the scene for a general discussion on public transport governance, by delving into the most recent history of the sector in South Africa.

Speaking at the third annual public transport seminar, Jack van der Merwe, the former Gautrain Management Agency chief executive and current head of the Gauteng Transport Authority, sets out what he believes are the key issues facing South Africa’s public transport sector, from a governance point of view.

One of the biggest take-outs from the third annual public transport seminar – hosted by the Gautrain Management Agency, in partnership with the Gauteng City-Region Observatory – was the role the taxi industry is - and should be - playing in the public transport sector. Here, Ubunye Group chief executive, Vuyisile Majola, has some strong words. In particular, for government.

At the third annual public transport seminar, an interesting point raised by Gautrain Management Agency Chief Operating Officer, Tshepo Kgobe, was the role that public transport can play in stimulating economic activity and creating jobs – something, perhaps, that is not always fully understood or appreciated.