President Cyril Ramaphosa travelled with residents from Soshanguve to Tshwane central on Monday, with the 50 kilometer trip lasting more than three hours due to technical faults.
PRETORIA - President Cyril Ramaphosa has given train commuters an undertaking that he will make sure that Prasa pulls up it socks and improve what he calls unacceptable service at train stations.
The president says that he is appalled by the late arrival of the locomotives, as well as the general lack of security and service.President Ramaphosa wanted to experience what thousands of South Africans go through when they travel to work during peak traffic and that’s just what he got. — EWN Reporter March 18, 2019 #ANCtrainDrive Ramaphosa: This has a negative impact on the economy. We must fix this.#ANCtrainDrive Ramaphosa: We demand that this must come to an end. We will raise this sharply with Prasa.
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