₦airaland Forum

SA Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has urged the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to reconsider its decision to ban preaching, singing and hawkers on its new fleet of trains.

Mbalula was speaking during the launch of the Naledi (in Soweto) to Johannesburg corridor that will transport many Sowetans to and from town.

"I don't think it is right. Stop alcohol (sales). Deal with cleanliness on the train. No smoking. We eat inside planes, and some people clean after us. Why don't we want people to eat on the train?" Mbalula asked while seated in a carriage," he said.

Hawking in trains

"They must allow hawkers inside trains. They (hawkers) buy tickets too. I understand your plans to keep trains clean. Hence, after the train stops, they must clean the trains. That is job creation. Get people to clean trains," he added.

"Get people to continue selling in trains, except for alcohol. Don't allow smoking. Kill bad habits. Get business going. These are trains of the working class. Look, I am thirsty and can't buy a soft drink here," he said.

"Leave hawkers alone. I used to be a hawker selling peanuts. Hawkers are guaranteed to earn a living by selling in trains. You have guards to arrest them if they commit criminality.

Preaching in trains

"You say you don't want churchgoers. They are harmless. They are like people who smoke dagga, except those who mix dagga with drugs. They don't commit any offence. Don't stop that. By stopping them, (these trains) won't be trains for the people. They would be for the elites," said Mbalula.

Earlier, while speaking at Park Station in the Johannesburg city centre, the minister said people should be allowed to "sing in trains".

Prasa previously said it had established that trading on trains was compromising the standard of its services.

It said it would find alternative ways of accommodating hawkers.

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Plus corruption minus looting..
SA no be Nigeria mate ..


Apc still dey celebrate their locomotive call train and their taxed bridge

God punish Apc

Africa! Good development!

Speechless

Mtwee! Naija! Why here? Naija na punishment. Even foreign nations know how knowledgeable we are that's why they want us in different sectors in their economy and I mean key roles

No more preaching, church services and singing on SA trains.

Frigga13:
Plus corruption minus looting..
SA no be Nigeria mate ..


Apc still dey celebrate their locomotive call train and their taxed bridge

God punish Apc

Fool! do you even know what locomotive train is ? u are insulting the progress of your country just to praise others

BeanX:
Fool! do you even know what locomotive train is ? u are insulting the progress of your country just to praise others

Na why you call me fool..
If I call you pig naa ..

Such man ought to be a president, his just too fit for the Presidency.

fortunez1:
Such man ought to be a president, his just too fit for the Presidency.

Lol , he's the former president of the ANC Youth League, a real motor-mouth like Julius Malema (another former leader of the ANCYL who was kicked out).

Popular minister with millions of followers on social media. Called Mr Fix.

Frigga13:
Na why you call me fool..
If I call you pig naa ..

Beanx was close to the truth when he call you a fool. how SA take pass 9ja? How? You've not been there to know anything bout the country so don't hail her over 9ja if you've never been there

WannaHowzit:
Lol , he's the former president of the ANC Youth League, a real motor-mouth like Julius Malema (another former leader of the ANCYL who was kicked out).

Popular minister with millions of followers on social media. Called Mr Fix.

OK but plx vote for Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term. I'm campaigning for him

Offpointng:
OK but plx vote for Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term. I'm campaigning for him

ANC first has to vote for him as leader. So stay tuned to your telly from tomorrow Friday as the party meets for its 4-day elective conference.

But I stopped voting for ANC when they gave us Zuma as an option.

But Cyril is lovable, even by most of the opposition. He's the only thing still keeping the ANC in power coz Zuma killed that party.

But why are campaigning for him?

WannaHowzit:
ANC first has to vote for him as leader. So stay tuned to your telly from tomorrow Friday as the party meets for its 4-day elective conference.

But I stopped voting for ANC when they gave us Zuma as an option.

But Cyril is lovable, even by most of the opposition. He's the only thing still keeping the ANC in power coz Zuma killed that party.

On the bolded, You're correct and you just gotta relax to, cuz ANC has not got no candidate to beat Ramaphosa at the moment, so they'll definitely vote for him as the leader, there's a reason he's survived Impeachment. Tho Mzanzis hate him alot

Offpointng:
On the bolded, You're correct and you just gotta relax to, cuz ANC has not got no candidate to beat Ramaphosa at the moment, so they'll definitely vote for him as the leader, there's a reason he's survived Impeachment.

Issue with Cyril is that his biggest challenge is within the ANC, not parliament. Surviving impeachment in parliament on Tuesday was to be expected. Zuma people will be gunning for him this weekend.

So have your popcorn in hand and remote on SABC News Channel

I see you're fan

I want Cyril to win but only so a safe hand can steer us to the 2024 general elections where the people can oust them.

Zuma's proxies winning this weekend would be disastrous for SA.

WannaHowzit:
Issue with Cyril is that his biggest challenge is within the ANC, not parliament. Surviving impeachment in parliament on Tuesday was to be expected. Zuma people will be gunning for him this weekend.

So have your popcorn in hand and remote on SABC News Channel

I see you're fan

I want Cyril to win but only so a safe hand can steer us to the 2024 general elections where the people can oust them.

Zuma's proxies winning this weekend would be disastrous for SA.

I'm Cyril's fan to but then, lotta Mzanzis hate him and clamour for ANC to be rejected totally but I wish he's lucky tho

Do you think Zuma's proxy isn't competent?

See train come naija come see molue

Offpointng:
I'm Cyril's fan to but then, lotta Mzanzis hate him and clamour for ANC to be rejected totally but I wish he's lucky tho

Do you think Zuma's proxy isn't competent?

They're definitely incompetent. Look what happened during the Zuma years - state capture, not a single corrupt politician sent to jail in 9 years, SA losing its number 1 status in Africa.

BTW, BREAKING NEWS... JACOB ZUMA HAS FILED A PRIVATE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST RAMAPHOSA ON THE EVE OF THE ANC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TOMORROW.

Remember Ramaphosa had been pushing for those charged with crimes to step aside. GAME ON!

Cc fergie001

WannaHowzit:
They're definitely incompetent. Look what happened during the Zuma years - state capture, not a single corrupt politician sent to jail in 9 years, SA losing its number 1 status in Africa.

BTW, BREAKING NEWS... JACOB ZUMA HAS FILED A PRIVATE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST RAMAPHOSA ON THE EVE OF THE ANC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TOMORROW.

Remember Ramaphosa had been pushing for those charged with crimes to step aside. GAME ON!

Then I guess this is just bout getting interesting

emnite:
See train come naija come see molue

Please what is molue

You can ban preaching, but still retain some of the most barbaric acts and culture?

Talk about misplaced priority.

Treasuredgift:
You can ban preaching, but still retain some of the most barbaric acts and culture?

Talk about misplaced priority.

Such as? And then answer yourself how those barbaric acts were retained in SA. Apply your brain really hard on that coz SA parliament is the one that retained those laws.

So answer that please.

WannaHowzit:
No more preaching, church services and singing on SA trains.

Those preachers should be Lynch sharing false information about fairytale that has never existed

WannaHowzit:
No more preaching, church services and singing on SA trains.

Yes please! We have had enough of those

Offpointng:
OK but plx vote for Cyril Ramaphosa for a second term. I'm campaigning for him

He's shit

Treasuredgift:
You can ban preaching, but still retain some of the most barbaric acts and culture?

Talk about misplaced priority.

Barbaric acts such as your ritual killings?

See trains.....

And that's not an entire country neither was there noises about the new trains...

It is the new policies that made us know the kind of trains they're using.

What's the greatest thing Nigeria built since 1999, national trains, funded by the FG with borrowed money from China. Ordinary people cannot even use the trains.

A time is coming in Nigeria, when state governments will embark on massive projects of a greater magnitude and there won't be a noise, borrowing or hullabaloo about it.

But first, these set of corrupt leadership must go.

Frigga13:
Plus corruption minus looting..
SA no be Nigeria mate ..


Apc still dey celebrate their locomotive call train and their taxed bridge

God punish Apc

Do you even know what "Locomotive" mean?

BeanX:
Fool! do you even know what locomotive train is ? u are insulting the progress of your country just to praise others

What is locomotive train Sir?

IronGalaxy:
He's shit

Who's better atm?

Offpointng:
Who's better atm?

I reckon we currently have a leadership vacuum in SA. None of leaders are impressive, although I flirt a little with Herman Mashaba of ActionSA