Activist group tells MPs SA rail agency employees are threatening them
MPs were left flabbergasted and told civil society groups they would be protected.
An overloaded train travels to Khayelitsha in Cape Town with some passengers sitting on the roof. Picture: Bheki Radebe
Activist group #UniteBehind on Tuesday told MPs their members are being intimidated and threatened by Passenger Rail Services of South Africa (Prasa) employees to keep quiet about the state of commuter rail services in the country.
“Prasa security is going to houses and speaking to their [members’] families and say we need to stop speaking about Prasa or raise any issues about Prasa,” #UniteBehind’s Zukiswa Vuka told a packed meeting for Parliament’s portfolio committee on transport interrogating the failing state of passenger rail services in urban South Africa.
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