Maybe the phrase “pipe dreams” should be changed
to “train dreams” – certainly in the case of the vaunted Gautrain and
accompanying BRT system. Less than 3,000 jobs and a few newish
buildings do hardly a rich harvest make.
The Gauteng provincial Gautrain office hosted many
workshops, public meetings and presentations in the months leading up to
the launch of construction of the Gautrain. These were essentially part
of the environmental impact pr...
