Let us suppose that the burning of commuter trains is pure vandalism and criminality. It really is difficult to see what the motive would be: there seems to be little pecuniary gain from burning train carriages.
In last Thursday's State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Cyril Ramaphosa singled out the repair of "commuter rail" as a "key priority".
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