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18-10-2002
UCW award
UCW was recently awarded a contract to upgrade 20 long-distance coaches for an Angolan company, Mestres& Servicos, Lda, on behalf of the Angolan railways. Second-hand units, purchased from Spoornet, will be upgraded at UCW for this project, and important first step in a programme of rolling stock refurbishment for Africa.
photograph The Minister of Transport visited UCW.
Minister of Transport, Abdullah Omar, visited UCW in May. Accompanying him were Brian Bruce, Louis Taljaard, MD of UCW and Eddie Lekota, CEO of the SA Rail Commuter Corporation, pictured in front of a refurbished metro coach.