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Unathi Sitsili, who was arrested in Klapmuts over the weekend, made his first appearance in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court earlier on Monday.

Police detectives arrested the 28-year-old suspect in Klapmuts in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Unathi Sitsili, who was arrested in Klapmuts over the weekend, made his first appearance in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates Court earlier on Monday.

Police arrested the 28-year-old man in the Cape Winelands on Saturday.

Intercape has recorded 150 incidents since the start of 2021 including shootings, intimidation, assault, and extortion.

Briefing Western Cape law makers, the company has also called for arrests based on available evidence and has pleaded with the private sector for support.

Officials said that while the worrying trend of violent attacks on long-distance buses was prevalent in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, the issue was also emerging in other provinces, making it a national problem.

Intercapes attorney Jac Marais says the attacks have become more violent, sophisticated and organised. The company has been briefing the Western Cape Standing Committee on Transport, following a spate of violent attacks on long-distance busses.

Two Intercape bus drivers were shot at along the N2 in the vicinity of Nyanga on Wednesday. The long-distance bus industry believes rogue taxi associations are behind the attacks.

Western Cape Mobility MEC Daylin Mitchell wants to address the perception among bus operators that politicians and enforcement officials are failing by allowing extortionists to hold the bus and minibus taxi industries hostage.