LOOK: Unite Behind says Ramaphosa train unveiling 'an election stunt'
Unite Behind secretary member Zackie Achmat speaking during the protest outside Cape Town train station on Tuesday. PHOTO: Sandisiwe Ntlemeza/African News AgencyMembers of the civil society coalition Unite Behind protest outside Cape Town central station during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s train unveiling.
Unite Behind secretary member, Zackie Achmat said Ramaphosa’s train unveiling was a political stunt which was used to pretend that the national government was giving back to the people. “What I can tell you today, is that these trains are not going to run on peak hours, they know it. It’s an election stunt. Everyone here, particularly the security guards know the difficult times we have on the trains.”During the unveiling at the Cape Town central station, Ramaphosa said of hiks recent experience in Tshwane: "I went onto a train in Soshanguve hoping to be in Pretoria in about 30 minutes.
Responding to Ramaphosa's remarks, Achmat said: “The president got stuck for three hours but the workers who use the trains get stuck every day, they lose their jobs, they get warnings after warnings, they have stress, they don’t get to see their families until late at night. So we asked president Ramaphosa for a meeting and he promised to arrange a meeting.”
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