Kgatleng bus operators go on strike

Route manager, Alfred Kooitsiwe told Mmegi that operators were incensed with the rising number of pirate vehicles on the Kgatleng route. He said their efforts to engage the police to help curb the piracy had fallen flat and operators had decided to take the take the law into their own hands.

On Monday, pirate taxis’ windows were smashed in a commotion in which four bus operators were apprehended by Borakanelo police station officers. Kooitsiwe said the operators were later released the same night. “We are concerned about the mushrooming of private cars that pirate on our route. Most of those cars carry eight people, which means they make P80 per load.