Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to confirm whether government intends scrapping its plans to devolve the operation of passenger rail to local authorities. This follows comments this weekend by ANC economic transformation policy head Mmamoloko Kubayi that devolving rail is no longer a policy option for the ANC, adding that she would “not advise any department to dissolve power or function to the metros”.
