RAMAPHOSA’S TRAIN RIDE 2.0: Derailed again: Cape Town protesters disrupt Cyril’s ‘vote-catcher’ train journey By Suné Payne SunePayne
On Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took a train ride in Cape Town to unveil two new trains. This time there were no delays to hold up the president’s trip. However, there was a blockade at the station exit by rail activist group #UniteBehind, which called for those involved in State Capture at the rail service to be jailed and for the president to declare commuter rail a national disaster.
#UniteBehind claimed the unveiling of new trains was being used as an election campaign boost for the ANC. In a statement released after the blockade, the group said:Instead of declaring a disaster or even sending a courteous acknowledgement to several memoranda and letters sent by #UniteBehind to President Ramaphosa, he accepted misguided electioneering advice to launch two new trains in Cape Town.”Please Mr President, do not use the suffering of poor people as an election campaign tool.
As the president left the train station, police pushed some of the activists away from the president’s motorcade.witnessed heavy-handed police action, including shoving activists and forcing them out of the way. #UniteBehind said:While we were waiting for the President to address us, some of our members, including women, were assaulted by the police.”
There were 175 arson attempts on trains in Cape Town between 2015 and 2018, particularly at the embattled Cape Town station.
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