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Independent News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to demand answers from senior officials of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) following his more than three-hour metro trip from Mabopane to Pretoria on Monday morning.
He was on a campaign trip for his political party, which involved party leaders boarding metro rail trains from various train stations in surrounding suburbs and heading to Pretoria for a mini rally to lobby train commuters to vote for the ANC. Initially, Ramaphosa was due to board the train at Mabopane Station at about 6:30 am but had to wait for an hour. He eventually boarded 07:30 - only to personally experience the frustration thousands of the commuters suffered on a daily basis, including late arrivals. While ANC members were waiting outside Bosman Station for Ramaphosa, various commuters complained about the late arrival of trains. Others said they risked their lives to ensure that they boarded trains from various townships such as Mamelodi and surrounding area, to arrive on time in Pretoria. After his more than three-hour trip, Ramaphosa said he was grateful that he had seen the troubles that people experienced in the trains and promised that the ANC was going to act regarding the poor transport system very soon.
- Read the full original of Baldwin Ndaba’s report on this story at Independent News
- See too, Heads must roll, says Ramaphosa, as train arrives hours late, at EWN
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