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News24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency SA (Prasa) says it cannot fight increasing violent crime at train stations on its own.
Prasa was responding to the United National Transport Union (Untu) after the union slammed the body on Wednesday, following a number of violent murders in the last few weeks. Spokesperson Lesedi Mapheto acknowledged Prasa’s duty to provide a safe working environment, but said it depended on other law enforcement groups to aid in the fight against crime. Two armed robbers shot and killed a security guard in Cape Town on Monday while he was patrolling the central line near Thambo Village. A train driver was shot twice in the head for his bag while waiting for a train at the Netreg Station in Cape Town two weeks ago. Indicating that train drivers lived “in constant fear”, Untu’s Brian Davids said the central line between Cape Town and Khayelitsha was getting increasingly dangerous and should be closed if Prasa was unable to secure it.
- Read this report by Paul Herman in full at News24
- Read Untu’s press statement at Untu online
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