'PRASA is under siege' - acting CEO on latest Cape Town rail attack
26 February 2018
Cape Town - The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is under siege by criminals - this on top of having to make use of outdated technology, its acting group CEO has said following the shooting of an armed contractor who was guarding train drivers in Philippi.
On Sunday morning, the contractor was wounded in the shoulder when a group of men shot at him while he was driving in Samora Machel.
The contractor was escorting train drivers who were on duty - one of the extreme security measures in place to try and ensure the safety of PRASA staff.
In early January, a security guard with Metrorail, which falls under PRASA, was shot dead during a robbery in Khayelitsha