This comes after a passenger was shot while travelling in an Intercape bus on its way from Pretoria to Gqeberha around midnight on Wednesday night. The bus came under fire at in the Penhoek Pass on the N6 in the direction of Bloemfontein, Intercape says. The passenger was taken to hospital for treatment.
Also on Wednesday, Intercape says its staff and security were threatened repeatedly by taxi operators in Idutywa in the Eastern Cape, and the N2 highway near Idutywa was blocked off for several hours by local taxi associations. In September, Intercape won a case against the police and national and provincial transport authorities, which compelled them to come up with an action plan to keep its drivers and passengers safe. This followed up with another court judgment which compelled former Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to"urgently" address the attacks. There have been more than 150 attacks on Intercape buses, many of them in the Eastern Cape.
_Business SA_Taxis
_Business Hai, Cape town 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
_Business There are so many buses doing the eastern cape route... why is intercape the only target?....I don't think it's taxi operators only who are behind these attacks
_Business No one has to stop going anywhere just deal with these varks we can't ba sive nge njubaqa. Obambe ngesandla isenza umkhuba dibanise nokhokho bayo. Masiyekeni i option yile ibangela uba siqheleke kakubi kwaba nqevu. Fana nje nale yokunyelwa ngonotaxi xa be toytoya
_Business If they have to get their own security, they have to increase their fare price....which will effect their passengers the most. Safety of citizens reside with the dysfunctional SAPoliceService
_Business Which we can have armed guards on them with authority to shoot back. 007 style.
_Business This is a really sad, we are a mafia state
_Business I'm a bit confused, why must government be involved in escorting these busses, it's the company's responsibility to hire private security, period. Otherwise if I feel at risk while going to work then I'd need police escort to work as well.
_Business Again black people have absolutely no feelings towards others including their own. We share a country with sick barbaric people.
_Business Destroy the minibus taxi industry. They clearly don't respect civilians. Therefore destroy the whole thing. Introduce trains and state buses frequently
_Business The Eastern Cape has become a war zone.
_Business 😕 I'm still tryna fathom how and why the passenger was shot🤔
_Business If intercape was a nice bus line I would probably sympathise with them. Their service sucks
_Business Mr Cele, mr F’all, Mr CR, can u please advise what you’ve done about this? Seeing we must have such faith in y’all?! This all started and continues on your watch if I’m not mistaken?!
_Business Because they like money they won't stop going there
_Business Y would anyone attack a bus The lawlessness n getting away with it is so sick
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_Business Cos Mr fix, did nothing last time. Utterly useless and in contempt of court yet proclaims anc are not corrupt
_Business They should hire private security like most private businesses They are making lots of money
_Business Hire a private security company. I agree, passenger safety is critical.
_Business What is minister Cele saying?
_Business But SAPS needs private security to escort them
_Business Intercape should open their own private security company
_Business Why is SAPoliceService reluctant to tackle crime? You see them standing during violent riots while not stopping the madness. Taxi drivers behave as they please, terrorizing motorists while the police do nothing
_Business Lawlessness should never be tolerated bcz they will force all of us not to have cars and drive around with our families in
_Business MbalulaFikile why did you bluetick Intercape? Awunamoqolo rhaaaaa. Woyika ono taxi. Uzintloni nyani. Imisebenzi yakho igquzu gquzu. Idabi enikulo nina ne Anc lunzima, nifana nenkoomo ezikofolwe.
_Business Comrade taxi boss and comrade police are friends.
_Business Lawlessness is a sign of a failed state...🤷🏿♂️
_Business Police are too busy
_Business We're at the mercy of banditry
_Business Banna
_Business They should get their own security like everyone does.
_Business Just stop going to the eastern cape. KZN will be next
_Business Can Intercape stop the Eastern cape route for now until all tension is resolved . As they are busy putting their drivers and passengers at risk.