Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with profound sadness another incident involving a motor vehicle and a train at a level crossing in the Western Cape, where a woman was killed when the car in which she was travelling collided with a train packed with commuters near Paarl;
2) further notes that this incident has taken place less than two months after 10 children died when the taxi they were in collided with a train at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath and barely two weeks after the province held a provincial summit under the banner of LeadSA to look at the elimination of accidents at level crossings across the province; and
3) takes this opportunity to convey its profound condolences to the family of the deceased woman and reiterates its call for Metrorail to move with regard to speed with regard to programmes to secure unguarded level crossings that continue to claim the lives of South Africans.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.