Cape Town – The City of Cape Town’s mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is offering R5 000 reward to anyone who can come forward with information that leads to the arrest of two perpetrators who allegedly shot two contractors for the Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on Tuesday.
In a statement, Hill-Lewis said that the two PRASA contractors were repairing cables on the Central Line in Cape Town near Kalksteenfontein when two men intending on stealing the copper cables shot them.
“The two injured workers are in hospital. According to PRASA, the motive for the shooting was the theft of copper cables which were being repaired by the contractors. The repairs are part of an ongoing process to get the Central Line train service back up and running,” Hill-Lewis said.
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Hill-Lewis put up a R5 000 reward for anyone with information about the perpetrators.
He also issued a stern warning to those who were threatening the essential public service.
“We cannot allow the majority to suffer because of the appalling behaviour of a few and this is why we are offering a reward of R5000 to anyone that can supply us with information that leads to the arrest of the two perpetrators.
“I want to make it clear that the City of Cape Town will not tolerate this kind of criminality. We cannot continue to live in a society in which the lives of those performing essential public service are threatened by gangsters and criminals,” said Hill-Lewis.
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Compiled by Sinothando Siyolo
