Minister blocks Cape Town suburban rail devolution ‘for now’
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/minister-blocks-cape-town-suburban-rail-devolution-for-now/64296.article
As is often the case with developing nations that illegal residents begin to live on unused tracks. I guess the lists below are why they like to live there.
1. Less insects on tracks than on soil.
2. Rail is warmer than soil during winter.
3. there is a chance to sell something for passengers.