Prasa group chief strategy officer Sipho Sithole blamed criminal elements for the frequent disruptions to train services, which President Ramaphosa has labelled as unacceptable.
JOHANNESBURG - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa says that securing more trains as President Cyril Ramaphosa has suggested will not resolve the long-standing issues of overcrowding, late arrivals and slow travel times across the country.
On Monday, the president took a train from Soshanguve to Pretoria central station as part of a blitz election campaign.WATCH: Ramaphosa’s first-hand experience of train commuter woes“We’re fixing the coaches almost every day, we’re bringing coaches back to service which were vandalised. Half of the same thing get vandalised again.”
But these commuters say they’re used to trains running late almost every day but can't afford to make use of other transport.Another added that: “He just comes here for the votes and then after that we don’t see him.” Prasa says it's glad that the president experienced first-hand what commuters have to endure daily as he hopes the situation will change.
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