Shots fired at WC buses
Shots were fired at Joha-nnesburg's new public buses in-troduced for the World Cup on Friday but passengers escaped unharmed, police said on Saturday.
"Four occupants in a sedan shot at a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) bus last night (Friday) but no one was injured," police spokesman captain Katlego Mogale said.
Friday's shooting was the third such incident involving the BRT.
Days after its launch last August a policeman and a passenger were shot on a bus travelling to Soweto township on the outskirts of Joha-nnesburg.
A third passenger was injured in March.
The new public transport system connecting Soweto and Johannesburg has angered the mafia-like minibus taxi industry that dominates the city's commuter routes.
The taxis fear they will be put out of business by the sleek modern buses. Protests by taxi operators often turn violent, while rival fleets have waged deadly turf wars over their routes.
President Jacob Zuma had to delay the BRT's launch to try to win over the taxi industry, preventing the use of the buses at the 2010 World Cup curtain raiser Confedera-tions Cup tournament last June.
Since then, the government has pressed ahead, seeing the buses as the first step in overhauling the nation's public transport.
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