Public Transport Voice condemns brutal murder of a train driver

Mbasa Gqokoma

12 July 2016

The Public Transport Voice say they express their deepest condolences to the Pieter Barend Botha family.

The Passenger Rail Authority of South Africa train driver who was shot down in Netreg yesterday.

Public Transport Voices spokesperson Dalton Ndongeni says they call on authorities to ensure and prioritise the safety of the workers.

He says they also need the community to come up front with the information that can help the police to arrest the suspects who did the cruel act.

He says that “And we also condone “indaba” (the act) of violence.

Metro Rail will deploy more security in order to protect “ababantu bazi train drivers” (the people who work as train drivers). He concluded.