Not again! Cape Town’s cry of despair as more trains are torched

“More trains unnecessarily going up in flames. This is economic sabotage. We can longer continue like this while the backbone of this city’s economy is destroyed‚ to the detriment of thousands of commuters‚” she said.

Plato‚ the Western Cape community safety MEC‚ said the repeated arson attacks on Cape Town’s commuter trains were intolerable. “We need answers from military intelligence‚ from police intelligence‚ I think the police owe us the answers‚” he said.

Speaking on the station concourse‚ Plato said the fact that attacks could repeatedly happen at the city’s main rail hub showed that “our managerial systems are in tatters with regards to these issues”.

He added: “If rail transport collapses‚ a huge portion of our economy in the Western Cape will collapse.”

Herron said his calls on transport minister Blade Nzimande to declare a state of emergency concerning the sabotage and attacks on the passenger rail system had fallen on deaf ears.

“One must ask whether the minister is waiting for a complete collapse of our urban rail service before he will take action‚” he said. “We need minister Nzimande to act now. We need him to take extraordinary measures.

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