Golden Arrow bus robbery: Where are the cameras and panic buttons they promised?
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - Golden Arrow bus passengers travelling to Eerste River through Khayelitsha were robbed of valuables by two armed men in Spine Road, in Graceland, Khayelitsha, on Wednesday.
Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer said two armed men forced their way onto a bus that was loading passengers.
Police spokesperson FC van Wyk said according to reports, at approximately 6:40am, the driver stopped for passengers and as they got inside the bus, one unidentified man produced a firearm and another a knife.
Cosatu protest against Golden Arrow bus robberies
By Sisonke Mlamla
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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.
Golden Arrow lashed by Cosatu over commuter safety, armed robberies on buses
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - Cosatu in the Western Cape has expressed its disappointment to the management of the Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) for allegedly not looking after their commuters when they board their buses.
This after commuters were robbed by four armed men on a Gabs bus travelling from Cape Town to Steenberg station last week.
A week before that incident, three armed men boarded a bus from Cape Town to Mitchells Plain and held up the driver and passengers, before alighting in Samora Machel – the route which was the target of criminals using the same modus operandi.