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Court orders Mbalula to take action against attacks on long-distance buses, pending appeal outcome
Transport minister must develop a plan to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers as violent attacks continue
Gautrain bus drivers left stranded
Settlement talks for fired workers have stalled again after employer Mega Express skipped scheduled negotiations for a fifth consecutive time.
Almost half of Gauteng’s school buses deemed unroadworthy
Gauteng education minister Barbara Creecy says at least 203 of 485 buses in the province’s scholar transport programme are unroadworthy.
Legal challenge puts brakes on Durban bus service
Thousands of Durban pupils were left stranded on Monday morning as a new bus operator was unable start rounds as scheduled owing to a legal challenge.
Task team to tackle Durban’s bus problems
The ANC in KZN has described the suspension of Durban’s bus service as unacceptable, and has called on the government urgently sort it out.
SA Roadlink volunteers to get vehicles tested
SA Roadlink has offered to send its entire fleet of vehicles to government testing centres, the company said on Tuesday.
Bus passengers saved by ‘heroic’ driver
A fire on a Putco bus was extinguished by the quick action of its driver, a Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson said on Thursday.
Ban on Roadlink’s ‘killing machines’ dropped
KwaZulu-Natal transport minister Bheki Cele on Thursday called national bus operator SA Roadlink a ”killing machine” and ”a coffin on wheels”.
Five SA Roadlink buses impounded
At least five SA Roadlink buses were impounded along KwaZulu-Natal’s busy N3 highway on the weekend, the Transport Department said on Monday.
Bus operator’s KZN licence withdrawn
National bus operator SA Roadlink had its licence to operate in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) withdrawn on Wednesday, the province’s transport minister said.
Durban city buses torched
At least 19 buses belonging to Durban’s troubled municipal bus service were set alight in the early hours of Friday morning, police said.
Commuters torch buses at KwaMhlanga
Commuters torched 21 Putco buses early on Monday on Moloto Road in KwaMhlanga. Putco said it would cost about R36-million to replace the buses.
Texas bus crash kills 13
At least 13 people were killed on Friday when a chartered bus carrying Vietnamese churchgoers plunged off a highway bridge in Texas.
Angry commuters burn buses in Brits
A group of angry commuters burnt down two buses and damaged another 10 in Brits because the buses had run out of diesel, police said on Thursday.