Last week, 64 people were arrested by Western Cape Provincial Traffic officers on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. During the same period, 15 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in our province.
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Ongoing loadshedding is undermining the ability of PRASA (the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) to keep its commuter services running.
I was informed that many rail commuters who are in possession of weekly and monthly tickets were left stranded at stations all over greater Cape Town and surrounding areas because loadshedding yesterday had made train scheduling software unstable.
In order to get to where they needed to be, these commuters had to spend time and money to make up for Metrorail’s failure to render a reliable service. The situation continues today.
Loadshedding is likely to be with us for some time into the future and I find it hard to believe that a power failure can make our most basic public transport system falter so easily. The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has made, and continues to make, a significant investment in the public transport system.
I call upon PRASA and the National Department of Transport to do what is necessary to protect the massive national investment in our commuter rail assets so that commuters can once again rely on railways getting them to work, to school and to amenities on time.
It can no longer be that commuters have to pay for the continuous failures of state-owned entities.
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Ntomboxolo Makoba-Somdaka
Spokesperson for Minister Daylin Mitchell
Cell: 082 953 0026
Email: Ntomboxolo.Makoba-Somdaka@westerncape.gov.za
Last week, 64 people were arrested by Western Cape Provincial Traffic officers on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. During the same period, 15 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes in our province.
On Saturday, 23 March 2024, the Western Cape Government (WCG) officially launched our Easter road safety campaign for 2024.
The Western Cape Government is offering FREE ten-point vehicle checks by qualified examiners from Saturday, 23 March to Thursday, 28 March at venues in Cape Town and Drakenstein.
It is with great sadness that I extend my condolences to the loved ones of the ten people – seven adults and three children – who died in a road crash on the N7 between Vanrhynsdorp and Klawer on Sunday 17 March 2024.