07 August - Human Rights - Hoffman threatens legal action against Metrorail
In today's show, we heard from Paul Hoffman - Director of the Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa . We were talking about
his concerns regarding allegations that Metrorail is holding school children
for travelling on their trains without a valid ticket. We were also joined
on the line by Mthuthuzeli Swartz - Metrorail’s Regional head in the Western Cape . This emerged after it was
reported in the media last week Thursday that Hoffman is threatening legal
action against Metrorail if they continue to hold school children for
travelling on their trains without a valid ticket but Metrorail have denied
detaining children. Hoffman was reported saying that holding children was very
traumatic and infringed on their rights and taking them off trains was a cruel
and unusual punishment. In response Swartz denied that children were
apprehended and claimed that they were only held back for as long as it took to
get their details.
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