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EWN reports that the SA Council of Churches (SACC) says it should have been consulted before the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) banned preaching on trains.
Prasa recently banned preaching, gambling and informal trading on new train coaches. The rail agency defended the move, saying it would enhance passenger safety and onboard cleanliness. But the decision's been met with outrage from various quarters, with commuters taking to social media condemning Prasa for what they called the agency not understanding the people it served. The SACC's Mzwandile Molo said of all the rules Prasa implemented, preventing preachers from spreading the gospel was the most confounding. According to Molo, Prasa should have involved the SACC to find some middle ground when it came to church gatherings and preaching on trains. He said the agency should have also engaged commuters to help them understand why preaching was prohibited.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Dominic Majola at EWN
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