EWN reports that Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured frustrated train commuters of more efficient services in parts of Gauteng.
Mbalula launched the October Transport Month Campaign on Monday morning when he showcased the revitalisation of some rail lines. Lines in Pretoria and Johannesburg were disrupted last year after key infrastructure was vandalised. The Passenger Railway Agency of SA (Prasa) revitalisation drive has seen the recovery of the Pretoria and Pienaarspoort line, as well as the Pretoria and Kaalfontein line. Speaking at the launch of the campaign, Mbalula lauded the strides made by the embattled state entity. “We know our people have been very much patient; others can’t afford taxi fares… but they believed the president and all of us here when we said the trains would come back,” Mbalula stated.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Nokukhanya Mntambo at EWN
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