Trains were suspended due to non-payment to Eskom.
CAPE TOWN - Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has apologised to Western Cape train commuters after the service was suspended on Thursday.
#WC_Trains Metrorail commuters are standing outside the Cape Town train station after being told services have been suspended. KP pic.twitter.com/Uio7gx5Fvg "I've explained that this is a broken place that we are reconstructing. So it's not a place that is easy. It's not like when the lights go off and we can't explain. I'm a minister and I've got to explain. I'm responsible for Prasa."
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