{"id":915392,"date":"2022-01-11T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/r5-000-offered-for-info-on-youth-train-vandals-at-steenberg-station\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:17:08","slug":"r5-000-offered-for-info-on-youth-train-vandals-at-steenberg-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/r5-000-offered-for-info-on-youth-train-vandals-at-steenberg-station\/","title":{"rendered":"R5\u00a0000 offered for info on youth train vandals at Steenberg station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE TOWN: The City of Cape Town (CoCT) is offering a R5 000 reward for information on train vandals that damaged a new train on its first day of operation, costing an estimated R20 000 in repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City is offering a R5 000 reward for information that leads to the positive identification and arrest of those responsible for the stoning of a brand new train set,\u201d Cape Town\u2019s mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The incident occurred on January 4 at Steenberg station as the train was making its way to Fish Hoek station, and the vandals are believed to have been a group of youths.<\/p>\n

Mayor Hill-Lewis alludes to the youths stoning the new train for purely entertainment value.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamage to critical infrastructure is completely unacceptable, even if it is perpetrated by youths who think that stoning trains is \u2018fun\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The R20 000 estimated repair cost is for a damaged window, the mayor said after receiving confirmation from Metrorail.<\/p>\n

After the incident, acting Metrorail spokesperson Nana Zenani urged Capetonians to take ownership of the public transport system and be vigilant, since taxpayers will need to fund the repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are taxpayers\u2019 monies, Metrorail Western Cape is only managing the asset, it does not own it,\u201d Zenani said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mayor Hill-Lewis points out that Capetonians end up spending more on other forms of transport if the trains are suspended, as well as an increase in commuting time.<\/p>\n

News24 reported in January how Metrorail\u2019s service was suspended between Retreat and Fish Hoek in October 2021 due to vandalism, with the resulting damage valued at R1 million.<\/p>\n

All 29 stations from Cape Town to Simon\u2019s Town are currently operational.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Capetonians are able to call the Public Emergency Call Centre (107 from a landline and 021 480 7700 from a cellphone) to report any information on the stoning incident.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAPE TOWN: The City of Cape Town (CoCT) is offering a R5 000 reward for information on train vandals that damaged a new train on its first day of operation, costing an estimated R20 000 in repairs. \u201cThe City is offering a R5 000 reward for information that leads to the positive identification and arrest of those responsible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}