Prasa spokesperson Makhosini Mgitywa said the agency would start erecting the barrier walls in the Western Cape and Gauteng — which have been particularly hard hit by cable thieves and vandals...
Transnet Freight Rail had been forced to cancel an average of 21 trains every day because of stolen overhead wires, said spokesperson Mike Asefovitz.
At the short end of the stick are commuters who are hamstrung by the lack of safe and dependable rail transport. Commuter Elphas Ntuli near Park Station, Johannesburg. Before cable thieves struck, the self-employed builder could catch a train from the East Rand to Johannesburg to get to work. Now he struggles to do so.The train was the cheapest way to get to work. “I was paying R8.50 for the [one-way] ticket,” said Ntuli. He must now pay R22 to catch a taxi.Ntuli is one of tens of thousands of commuters left stranded countrywide as Metrorail’s services grind to a halt.
Sometimes, if there were train delays, Prasa wouldn’t even tell us. Then the employer says bring the proofTlhompo Mothapa, who lives near Philippi, previously relied on Metrorail’s central line trains to get him to his job at the V&A Waterfront.
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