Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula visited Cape Town station after an arson attack and said CCTV footage has revealed that four perpetrators were behind the incident. CapeTimesSA
Cape Town – Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula visited Cape Town station on Thursday after an arson attack and said CCTV footage has revealed that four perpetrators were behind the incident.
He would not elaborate on who the suspects were. The blaze, which devastated two trains and 18 carriages, caused damage amounting to R61 million. “We are under no illusion that the recent cancellation of security contracts by Prasa is a contributing element to the heightened lawlessness. "Some of these acts of criminality are staged in order to force Prasa’s hand to continue with an arrangement that was not only found irregular by the auditor-general and the public protector, but one that has exposed Prasa to inside jobs,” he said.
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