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The Star reports that some 27% of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at railway stations managed by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) do not work.
This was revealed by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula in a written response to a parliamentary question. Mbalula said that only 181 railway stations had CCTV cameras, totaling 10,505 devices. South Gauteng had 3,629 cameras, North Gauteng 2,084, KwaZulu-Natal 1,965 and the Western Cape 2,817. “A total of 2,824 of the installed CCTV cameras at Prasa-managed railway stations are not in working order,” Mbalula said. He indicated that there were various reasons for this, including the theft of electrical and telecommunication cables, theft and vandalism of CCTV equipment, delayed maintenance, and CCTV project installations that were in progress or not yet completed. The DA’s Okkie Terblanche commented that the statistics were alarming considering the fact that crime was on the increase. “In 2018 alone, an estimated 495 people lost their lives while making use of our trains, and 2,079 were injured,” he lamented. “How can we have effective policing at train stations when most stations do not have cameras, and those that do are not guaranteed to have operational ones?” Terblanche asked.
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mayibongwe Maqhina on page 9 of The Star of 17 September 2019
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