Can South Africa's Failing Railways Be Saved? (2001)

End of the Line (2001) - Once the centre of South Africa's economy and life, the railway network is has now withered and died - leaving those who had been dependent on it with nothing.
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Once-thriving towns lie derelict, the last few residents barely scratching a living. These towns were built for the railway - they supplied its workers and its commerce, but now the railway has become so inefficient it is no longer economical. The government is left with a quandary: to sell off the railways, or to try and revitalise it with public funds.
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SABC Special Assignment - Ref. 1096

[@jasonjumat5070]

Wow. This was 20 years ago. Today the railway infrastructure is looted including the rail tracks itself looted by sophisticated crime syndicates at night. Imagine breaking down railway tracks weighting tons (thousands and thousands of kilograms). Looting the steel of the tracks and sell it off at the port of durban etc. And useless SAPS simply allow this.
I don't even want to talk about the trains itself.
Wow. Cry the beloved country.

[@renitadebeer9260]

afrikaan to engish translation is not accurate and incorrect.

[@sfundomabaso3200]

I'm here because I am worried about the traffic jams in Johannesburg and I think it can be solve by the use of subways and why exactly has to use of train been abandoned it South Africa.

[@danielgouws1470]

Ek glo nie eers dat Transnet hulle huis werk behoorlike gedoen het toe hulle hierdie besluit geneem was daar te veel onkundige en onbevoegde personeel.

[@dvrmte]

Everything they touch is destroyed.

[@LeftIsBest001]

Who's "they?"

[@Khado819]

​@@LeftIsBest001 good question

[@emd3290]

What they did to Rhodesia they will do to south Africa

[@fightfannerd2078]

lol