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SABC News reports that according to City of Johannesburg MMC for transport, Kenny Kunene, Rea Vaya bus services will resume on Wednesday tomorrow morning.
This follows the fatal shootings of two bus drivers that led to the suspension of services. In the first incident, a driver was fatally shot at a traffic light along Wild Chestnut Street in Protea. In the second incident, another driver was shot dead in Mapetla. The MMC said the decision to suspend services was to avoid putting traumatised drivers back at work following the attack. He reported further: “We are saddened by this barbaric act, but it is clear that this was a well-orchestrated hit – this was an assassination. We understand that four people have been arrested who were in the vicinity of the shooting who are Lesotho nationals. The police are not yet sure if they are the culprits but they’re investigating. We don’t want to speculate that it is the taxi industry that has committed this heinous crime. So, we don’t want to put the lives of the commuters at risk with drivers who are still in trauma. That is why we then said, let us ground the busses today (Tuesday), but tomorrow (Wednesday) the busses will resume in the morning.” Meanwhile, Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero said everything possible would be done to protect Rea Vaya bus commuters and drivers.
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