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Daylin Mitchell, 35, is the youngest member of Premier Alan Windes cabinet. Mitchell has served as the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Transport and Public Works. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has appointed a new Transport and Public Works MEC. Daylin Mitchell, 35, will become the youngest member of Windes cabinet. Last month, Mitchells predecessor, Bonginkosi Madikizela, who was also the provincial leader of the DA, resigned from office. His resignation came after he was suspended...

Golden Arrows Francois Meyer said there was a drop in robberies from eight to three a week on average. There were 224 robberies last year and 93 so far this year. So far 15 buses have been installed with surveillance cameras.

Measures to bolster bus commuter safety yet to be implemented By Okuhle Hlati, Abongile Ginya 2h ago Share Cape Town – Bus passenger safety remains compromised as security measures to tackle attacks are yet to be implemented. This while the working committee has been hailed for developing “proactive security measures” to tackle attacks on Golden Arrow Bus Service (Gabs) passengers. Since the start of the year, until April, 93 armed robberies took place on buses – 25 of which...

Another blow to Cape Town’s crippling train service Share Cape Town - Ongoing electrical faults on the already dilapidated railway infrastructure are crippling train services with working trains suspended almost everyday leaving commuters stranded. This after Metrorail announced the suspension of the Monte Vista railway line this week due to electrical faults, with spokesperson Zino Mihi saying their engineers were still busy trying to solve the problem. United National Transport Union (Un...

Prasa accused of being silent on bus service for Central Line commuters By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - The chairperson of the Transport and Public Works committee in the provincial legislature, Daylin Mitchell, has accused the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) of being silent on the development of a proposed interim bus service to supplement the limited functioning of the Central Line. As part of a three-phase recovery project that was launched by Transport Minister Fikile Mbal...

Concern over sharp drop in train usage in the Western Cape By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - Transport and Public Works chairperson in the provincial legislature Daylin Mitchell has noted with concern the 80% decrease in train usage over the past eight years. Mitchell said that equated to 550 000 people having sought alternative means of transport, and so the R1.4 billion set aside to restore the Central Line, as promised by President Cyril Ramaphosa, has not materialised in Cape Town, despit...

DA Western Cape leader didnt benefit from incorrect information on CV Opposition leader calls on premier to suspend Bonginkosi Madikizela DA Western Cape provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela at the Nyanga taxi rank. File photo. Image: Ruvan Boshoff DA Western Cape leader Bonginkosi Madikizela says he did not benefit from incorrect information about his qualifications in his biography. Madikizela is also the transport and public works MEC in the province, and a conte...

Cosatu protest against Golden Arrow bus robberies By Sisonke Mlamla Share Cape Town - Members of the provincial wing of Cosatu marched to the Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) depot on Thursday, to protest against what they claimed was the managements failure to protect commuters and bus drivers. Cosatu provincial secretary Malvern De Bruyn said they had held meetings with Gabs management, but claimed that there was not a successful outcome. De Bruyn claimed that Gabs management had refused to ...

Bredell refutes claims by ANC that DA of destabilising Cape municipalities By Mwangi Githahu Share Cape Town - Local Government MEC Anton Bredell has refuted claims by the ANC’s Beaufort West constituency head Ayanda Bans that the DA is “destabilising local municipalities”. Bans said: “The DA keeps on destabilising local municipalities, and the latest incident was in Beaufort West last week where it changed the leadership for the third time.” Last week, the DA’s De...

Daylin Mitchell writes that in the part 11 months, the Western Cape government has risen to each challenge in the best interests of all residents.