Six long-distance passenger buses were attacked over the weekend between Tarkastad and Cradock in the Eastern Cape.According to an IntercapeThere's been a series of"terror attacks" on long-distance coaches in the past year, according to intercity bus company Intercape, which released a statement in response to attacks on six buses on Saturday night.
The incidents include allegations of intimidation, rock-throwing, shootings and claims that taxi operators prevented passengers from boarding and getting off buses. The industry, according to Intercape, was made aware of allegations that the word"cleansing" has been used at meetings involving the local minibus taxi industry."Cleansing is used to describe a campaign of terror directed at long-liner bus companies - where said industry is no longer welcome in a specific area and thus must be erased."
gibbings_amy They will need to move in the same direction of the airlines in the US, and have marshals on the busses, acting as though they passengers
gibbings_amy I think intercape bus company must hire security company to escort their business to avoid loss of life
gibbings_amy Anyone that doesn't yet realise or acknowledge that the unregulated minibus taxi industry is responsible for the attacks and destruction of the formal public transport system, is either ignorant or complicit.
_ArriveAlive gibbings_amy Of course it's the taxi industry....duh...we all know that!!!