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News24 reports that Metrorail has released footage captured on CCTV of two of the men wanted for the fires which recently crippled Cape Town’s rail network.
A reward of R100,000 is being offered for information that will lead to the conviction of those believed to be behind the arson attack. According to Metrorail, the blaze in the early hours of 28 November destroyed 18 train carriages worth R61m, overhead electrical wiring to the tune of R154,000 and rendered 14 of Cape Town station's 24 available platforms inoperable. The train arsonists behind the crippling of the backbone of Cape Town's public transport system could face imprisonment of up to 20 years, according to Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. On Sunday, he welcomed the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, which was assented to last month. Fritz explained that the Act will come into operation on a date determined by the President in the Government Gazette, after which the Minister of Police must declare the specified infrastructure as critical infrastructure before the Act applied to it. Metrorail said in a statement that Prasa Protection Services and specialist investigators were working together with police as the investigations continued.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tammy Petersen at News24
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