Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has lambasted the City of Cape Town’s attempt to take over the passenger rail service from Metrorail
Cape Town - after they announced the appointment of a multidisciplinary team of rail professionals to assist with “high- level business plans for taking over passenger rail in Cape Town”. He said the move was “dishonest, opportunistic and absolute political manoeuvring that seeks to undermine the enormous efforts by the ANC government to change the rail landscape of South Africa, which has been characterised by decades of disinvestment by the apartheid regime”.
“Our immediate and urgent task is to stabilise and provide a predictable Metrorail service within current capacity, measured by increased ridership, customer satisfaction and efficiency,” Nzimande said. “The MOA also details a comprehensive approach dealing with road and rail transport infrastructure, operations, services and systems, leading to the establishment of The Land Transport Advisory Board and Intermodal Planning Committee. Under the latter 19 projects were identified. This collaboration would find fruition in a strategic business plan.”
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