South Africa: Parliament Hears About 'Atrocious' Train Service

"My employer used to phone Metrorail to find out if the trains were late, but went ahead to fire me," says Warren Johnson, a resident of Elsies River in Cape Town.

Johnson, who has been taking trains for five years, was describing his "humiliating" experiences as a commuter before stony-faced Prasa board members who finally appeared before Parliament this week. On Tuesday morning the Prasa board appeared before Parliament's portfolio committee on transport. Last week they failed to pitch up for a meeting to discuss commuter safety and problems at Metrorail in Cape Town.

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