Staff Reporter.
A Golden Arrow bus was torched at the Nyanga terminus in Cape Town on Friday, hours after Metrorail said its train services were being sabotaged by repeated vandalism of a major power sub-station that feeds the line.
Golden Arrow stated on its social media page that buses would not run from the terminus, but from the Nyanga police station instead.
“Golden Arrow can confirm that one of our buses and vehicles was set alight at the Nyanga terminus earlier today,” its spokesperson, Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, said.
“According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrators are alleged to be linked to the taxi industry. The motive is unknown.
“We condemn this senseless act of violence in the strongest possible terms. As a precautionary measure, we are currently operating from Nyanga [police station] rather than the terminus.”
Earlier this week, Golden Arrow announced an 8% fare hike across the board. The new rate will be in effect from Monday, 14 March 2022.
In light of global unrest and the effects thereof on the South African economy, GABS had to make a tough decision to curb the rising costs across its operations.
Unfortunately, this is at the expense of the passengers. However, Dyke-Beyer said customers can cash in on the discounts by purchasing weekly and monthly gold cards.
“We advise passengers to purchase the GABS gold card weekly and monthly products instead of paying cash. Weekly and monthly products are sold at a discount of up to 45%.”