SECTION 77 NOTICES

Nedlac has considered a notice tabled on 18 February by Cosatu Western Cape regarding possible protest action against the administration of railway services by Cape Metrorail. The notice specified a number of demands, including that Cape Metrorail should immediately restore all the trains whose services it had discontinued as from November 2001. The notice also raised issues regarding safety on trains and at stations. A meeting was held between representatives of the Premier's Office, MEC for Transport, Cape Metrorail, the South African Rail Commuter Corporation, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions Western Cape region.

The meeting was informed that Cape Metrorail was now in a position to resume the previous service levels, and that all the services that had been suspended would be restored shortly.

All the parties present expressed their concern about the issues that Cosatu had raised, and their commitment to resolving them. The meeting agreed that a sub-committee would be established which would work through all the issues. The Committee would have representatives from Metrorail, National, Provincial and Local Government, and Cosatu. Nedlac would facilitate the meeting of the sub-committee.

Depending on the progress of the sub-committee, the Nedlac Standing Committee would then decide at a later date whether the notice could be deemed to have been considered. The notice is therefore still at the "c" stage of consideration.