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EWN reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) and the United National Transport Union (Untu) are hoping an upcoming strike will result in soldiers being deployed to protect the rail infrastructure.
The two organisations have called on their members, civil society groups, and commuters to take part in a demonstration on 26 July in Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban. They are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the rail system a crisis and a "state of emergency." Fedusa's Riefdah Ajam confirmed that they primarily wanted the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to be deployed to protect rail infrastructure. She said that having soldiers protect national assets could help restore and bring new infrastructure in. "If that fails to happen, we are going to continue to move on a path of destruction and Capetonians, in particular, from that perspective are going to be left in absolute despair and communities will once again be taking the law into their own hands." According to the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), the necessary contingency plans would be in place to ensure the demonstration did not negatively affect business operations and passengers.
Read the original of Monique Mortlock’s report on the above at EWN
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