Cameras, panic buttons on its way for Golden Arrow buses
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - Cosatu in the province met with the Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) management on Thursday, to seek an update on the safety plan after a recent spike in robberies on buses.
The meeting follows a day after two incidents of bus robberies were reported in Delft.
Police spokesperson Andrè Traut said the first incident occurred at 4pm on the N2 in the vicinity of the airport, where three suspects fled with personal belongings of passengers and bus fare and were yet to be arrested.
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Golden Arrow Bus Services has said it is in the process of rolling out cameras and panic buttons in their buses but it won t happen immediately.
Two armed men forced their way onto a Golden Arrow bus loading passengers in Spine Road, Khayelitsha, and took off with cellphones.
An armed robbery docket was opened at the Harare police station.
Following a bus robbery in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, this week, Golden Arrow Bus Services is in the process of rolling out cameras and panic buttons on its buses.
However, this will not happen immediately.
On Wednesday, at approximately 06:40, two armed men forced their way onto a Golden Arrow bus loading passengers in Spine Road, Khayelitsha.
Cosatu protest against Golden Arrow bus robberies
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Cape Town - Members of the provincial wing of Cosatu marched to the Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) depot on Thursday, to protest against what they claimed was the management s failure to protect commuters and bus drivers.
Cosatu provincial secretary Malvern De Bruyn said they had held meetings with Gabs management, but claimed that there was not a successful outcome.
De Bruyn claimed that Gabs management had refused to take responsibility for the spate of crime on buses, and was trying to shift the responsibility for taking action to the police.
Cosatu gives Golden Arrow a week to provide plan to deal with crime on buses Over the past few weeks, there have been several robberies on Golden Arrow buses. FILE: Picture: @Golden-Arrow-Bus-Services/Facebook.com.
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CAPE TOWN - Trade union alliance Cosatu gave Golden Arrow Bus Services management a week to provide it with a plan to combat crime.
Over the past few weeks, there have been several robberies on Golden Arrow buses.
Cosatu said that if Golden Arrow failed to respond, the next would be to launch a campaign against the company which would include a class-action lawsuit.