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Cape Town Train Station Protest

Cape Town Train Station Protest

Fire fighters arrive to extinguish a train that has been set alight during a protest over delays at Cape Town train station.
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Date taken
12 June 2017
Photo by
Ashraf Hendricks
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Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
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Protests and pickets
Keywords
Fire,  Fire Fighter,  Metrorail,  Prasa,  Train

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