Intercape bus attacks
Highway patrols will be increased to prevent bus attacks- Cele
Intercape has recorded 150 incidents since the start of 2021 including shootings, intimidation, assault, and extortion.
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Intercape proposes series of immediate steps to clamp down on attacks
Briefing Western Cape law makers, the company has also called for arrests based on available evidence and has pleaded with the private sector for support.
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National security cluster set to look into attacks on long-distance buses
Officials said that while the worrying trend of violent attacks on long-distance buses was prevalent in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, the issue was also emerging in other provinces, making it a national problem.
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Intercape paints a scary picture of the dangers bus drivers face
Intercape's attorney Jac Marais says the attacks have become more violent, sophisticated and organised. The company has been briefing the Western Cape Standing Committee on Transport, following a spate of violent attacks on long-distance busses.
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WC Standing Committee on Transport to address long-distance bus attacks
In April, Intercape said that there'd been more than 150 recorded violent events directed at the long-distance coach industry in the country in the space of 13 months. The sector believes that rogue taxi associations are behind the attacks.
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Targeting of busses must be addressed urgently says Western Cape Mobility MEC
Two Intercape bus drivers were shot at along the N2 in the vicinity of Nyanga on Wednesday. The long-distance bus industry believes rogue taxi associations are behind the attacks.
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2 WC MECs set for urgent meeting with Intercape after bus driver attacked
Western Cape Mobility MEC Daylin Mitchell wants to address the perception among bus operators that politicians and enforcement officials are failing by allowing extortionists to hold the bus and minibus taxi industries hostage.
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Intercape calls on Ramaphosa to intervene in attacks on long-distance bus sector
The bus company said that in the space of 13 months, there had been more than 150 recorded violent events including shootings, arson attacks and incidents of rock-throwing directed at the long-distance coach industry.
