South Africa: Give Us Safe Trains, Protesters Demand

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Train safety, especially for women and schoolchildren, came under the spotlight as #UniteBehind members protested inside Cape Town station.

Lwando Matyhile, a 22-year-old woman takes the train every weekday from Khayelitsha to her college in Pinelands where she studies electrical engineering. Matyhile was at Cape Town Station on Friday afternoon, watching as members of activist coalition #UniteBehind protested inside the station for commuter safety on trains.

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