Train service or third-world bazzar

<p>I have occasion to use the metro train service in Cape Town from time to time. While the trains usually get me to where I want to be, thats not the point of this review.</p> <p><br />I have noticed over the years, that an assortment of hawkers and blind singers are a frequent presence on the trains. The hawkers sell and the singers rattle a tin. This leads to several questions, none of which Prasa Customer Service have thought to respond to.</p> <p> </p> <p><br />The top three are :</p> <p>1. Are these hawkers and singers employees of Prasa? Alternatively, do they pay fares - for each unbroken journey - as I do?</p> <p>2. Are cheap confectionary and beggars really the way Prasa wants to their service to be remembered?</p> <p>3. Is Prasa striving to become a world-class service (as per their unfinished 2010 Cape Town Station upgrade) or are they happy to provide an "as is" service which encourages me to use other forms of transport?</p>