Long-distance bus company calls for help and says drivers under attack from taxi sector

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skimread said:
Not just busses. If you have your own company e.g. construction and you have a vehicle to transport your own staff then you have to pay extortion money to the taxi bosses. If you don't make arrangements with them they confiscate your vehicle. The commuters are the assets of the taxi bosses.


Because it is a cash business they also don't pay tax as they never declare the income
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Yup. A friend runs a transport section and gets a call from a local taxi association wanting to fine (in cash of course) one of his trucks because the guy saw a friend of his who worked where the truck was going to collect goods and gave him a lift. The taxi guys were armed and effectively put up a road block to stop the truck. SAPS were nowhere to be seen and wouldn't move. ANC sponsored anarchy.
 
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Three arrested with guns near Intercape bus depot

Cape Town - Police have arrested three men with illegal guns and ammunition near the Intercape bus depot at Airport Industria.

This comes after recent calls to protect the long-distance bus industry after it came under attacks from unknown gunmen that led to the death of one bus driver and the attempted killing of others.

The arrest comes less than three days after the arrest of 28-year-old Unathi Sitsili, who was arrested on Saturday for alleged attacks on several Intercape buses between March and April this year.

Sitsili is accused of fatally shooting 35-year-old Intercape bus driver Bangikhaya Machana.

Following his arrest, Sitsili appeared in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of murder and attempted murder. His case was postponed to August 22.
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/new...us-depot-48252fc1-bfc0-47ad-b541-e9b3cd84f48e
 
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Long-distance buses violently attacked by the dozen but no guns found on suspects

Cape Town - A total of 69 violent attacks on long-distance buses took place in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape in the current financial year, national police top brass told MPs.

To date, no firearms have been found, though 80 suspects have been traced.

There are two cases before Eastern Cape courts and four cases of intimidation being probed by police in the Western Cape, where there have been two arrests – one for murder and one for attempted murder.

This emerged during deputy commissioner Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili’s presentation of the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure’s stability report before the tourism portfolio committee.

She said bus-related incidents mainly include malicious injury to property, intimidation, assault, attempted murder and murder.
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/new...suspects-62389c95-2add-4920-a0d4-30d1572a5df9
 
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The mini bus taxi industry has always been a problem.

They don't obey rules and it will never change. Nothing will be done about it.
 
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Lol, stopping an Intercape bus would make me take a taxi... uh, no!

But, guess some passenger would have no choice... that is the grip that the taxi mafia has on the transport industry and government (those that aren't already part of it, ofc)!
 
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When you have to force government to do something you think they would already be doing...In the interests of safety and the economy and other daft things..

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Intercape hails court ruling compelling ministers to protect long-distance buses

The bus company approached the court seeking intervention to compel the Eastern Cape Transport MEC and the transport minister to implement urgent measures to keep its drivers and passengers safe.
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mojoman said:
When you have to force government to do something you think they would already be doing...In the interests of safety and the economy and other daft things..

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Intercape hails court ruling compelling ministers to protect long-distance buses

The bus company approached the court seeking intervention to compel the Eastern Cape Transport MEC and the transport minister to implement urgent measures to keep its drivers and passengers safe.
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Not our fúckking idiots.
 
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William Foster said:
Not our fúckking idiots.
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somebody needs to do some digging and prove complicity
either the cops themselves or ministers themselves let the anarchy continue.

or Intercape invests in Security guards to travel along and make sure no gangsters try sh*t,
push up the ticket prices, but its an unfortunate reality.

like paying more for a Business with a Generator/Solar, you have no choice.
band aid solution, but nessasary, to prevent Intercape from ending up like Greyhound.
 
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Jet-Fighter7700 said:
somebody needs to do some digging and prove complicity
either the cops themselves or ministers themselves let the anarchy continue.

or Intercape invests in Security guards to travel along and make sure no gangsters try sh*t,
push up the ticket prices, but its an unfortunate reality.

like paying more for a Business with a Generator/Solar, you have no choice.
band aid solution, but nessasary, to prevent Intercape from ending up like Greyhound.
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Taxi bosses. Not even our flaccid police force are willing to take them on.
 
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William Foster said:
Taxi bosses. Not even our flaccid police force are willing to take them on.
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so what is the solution? liquidate and try operating from Harare?
no you fight the gangsters with armed guards, and chase vehicles and guns,
until they learn to not mess with intercape.

yes passengers will pay for Security, its an unfortunate reality,
maybe even make it clear on the ticket, as a security surcharge.

kind of like an Airport tax, a necessary evil to keep them safe.
 
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Get a few undercover guys to ride the busses with MP5's.
C'mon.....it's the only way.
 
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