South Africa: Council approves plan to take over Cape Town’s trains

From GroundUp, Daily Maverick: October 27, 2017

Brett Herron, Mayco Member for Transportation and Urban Development, presented a business plan to the Cape Town City Council on Thursday to rescuethe train system. The plan was approved by council and will be presented to the National Department of Transport for further approval.

In a statement released by Herron today, he emphasised that the handover process will be “structured and incremental and not on a single day” so that the city can acquire the necessary skills and capacity to sustain the railway system.

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