By Neelam Rahim

Seven suspects are arrested for torching a bus and the vandalism of the four police vehicles in Nyanga, Phillipi and Samora Machel within the Western Cape.

According to the police, three vehicles were stoned and another partially burnt.

The police’s Frederick van Wyk said: “In Brown’s Farm, a security hut at the Nyanga Clinic was set alight. One bus was set a light on the off-ramp of the R300 from Mitchells Plain and a light delivery vehicle was burnt on Luzuko Road.”

Western Cape authorities have raised concerns about life-threatening attacks on buses within the province, specifically Golden Arrow buses.

Four buses and other vehicles were torched in late August following municipal enforcement operations against illegal taxi operators and ‘amaphelas’.

According to City of Cape Town officials, the attack on Golden Arrow buses in Nyanga – which has cost the company an estimated way over R10 million – was being carried out by organised crime syndicates.

A busman was admitted to hospital after sustaining head injuries in the violence erupted after municipal traffic officers started impounding taxis within the area.

Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith said they were conducting a compliance operation in the area when four Golden Arrow buses and a truck were torched.

On Thursday, similar operations resumed within the Nyanga area and will continue next week.

Source: EWN