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Pretoria - One of Autopax's 160 brand new World Cup buses worth R2.8m has been stolen even before it could be equipped with a tracking device.

The buses, with their keys, were left in Autopax's Pretoria depot with only two unarmed guards keeping watch over them.
The purloined 2009 model Mercedes-Benz with its YVV793GP registration plate had not yet been painted in its new official colours.

The bus is one of a fleet of 570 that Autopax ordered with a view to the tournament.

Autopax is part of the Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) and is responsible for inter-city bus transport for Match, Fifa's accommodation and hospitality agent and local organising committee, as well as for general transport for soccer fans.

The bus was apparently signed out on the pretext of being taken for a test drive, but was never returned. The company says it is conducting an internal investigation and reviewing all its security measures.
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Bwahahaha! :D

I'm so glad that crime is going to have no impact on the world cup!
 
R2.8m * 160 busses = R448 million.

Monthly interest @ 12% per year = R4-5 million a month.

That is a lot of money to recoup.
Are tickets for a bus ride going for R4000 a piece?
 
Thats actually a big security issue. Because if its refitted to look like a proper worldcup bus it can be loaded with a bomb or any other dangerous device. In the frenetic pace of the cup, your imagination can do the rest.
 
davemc said:
R2.8m * 160 busses = R448 million.

Monthly interest @ 12% per year = R4-5 million a month.

That is a lot of money to recoup.
Are tickets for a bus ride going for R4000 a piece?
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That is rather backwards thinking. The buses are there to provide a service to commutors, not make the goverment money.
 
Peon said:
Thats actually a big security issue. Because if its refitted to look like a proper worldcup bus it can be loaded with a bomb or any other dangerous device. In the frenetic pace of the cup, your imagination can do the rest.
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Bin Laden busy with his WC preparations? SA will be easy pickings for terrorists.
 
cr@zydude said:
That is rather backwards thinking. The buses are there to provide a service to commutors, not make the goverment money.
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The buses are owned by a private company, no (well, before being liberated obviously)?
 
Hilarious. No doubt it's going to be called an "isolated" incident and everything will be just peachy come world cup time :rolleyes:
 
Roadrunner said:
In what country are you living where the government is service-orientated? :rolleyes:
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Nod said:
The buses are owned by a private company, no (well, before being liberated obviously)?
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The buses don't belong to the goverment (yet). As i understand it, FIFA pays for this stuff and it gets used during the tournement. The buses, and other stuff, gets left in SA afterwards. The idea is to add teh buses to cities fleets post WC.
 
cr@zydude said:
The buses don't belong to the goverment (yet). As i understand it, FIFA pays for this stuff and it gets used during the tournement. The buses, and other stuff, gets left in SA afterwards. The idea is to add teh buses to cities fleets post WC.
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The ones that make it to the government garages after the WC, right? I'm guessing since SA Roadlink had most of their buses "grounded" that they've employed some affirmative shoppers to assist in acquiring a new fleet, right? ;)
 
Peon said:
Thats actually a big security issue. Because if its refitted to look like a proper worldcup bus it can be loaded with a bomb or any other dangerous device. In the frenetic pace of the cup, your imagination can do the rest.
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:wtf:

Would you like a tin foil hat... who would they like to blow up?
 
cr@zydude said:
The buses don't belong to the goverment (yet). As i understand it, FIFA pays for this stuff and it gets used during the tournement. The buses, and other stuff, gets left in SA afterwards. The idea is to add teh buses to cities fleets post WC.
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The ones that make it to the government garages after the WC, right? I'm guessing since SA Roadlink had most of their buses "grounded" that they've employed some affirmative shoppers to assist in acquiring a new fleet, right? ;)
 
Have to agree with Peon here.

Lots of overseas tourists on the wrong bus = ransom material.

Or a speeding incident like in the movie speed where the bus'll blow up once it goes below a certain speed limit.

possibilities are endless

but it won't be used as taxi - too obvious.
 
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