Lynley Donnelly investigates whether Rea Vaya will manage to entice people out of their cars as well as win over the taxi industry.

The ANC on Thursday criticised Soweto Taxi Services for allegedly intimidating taxi owners who support the bus rapid transit system.

The killing of a Santaco official was not related to tension around the roll-out of the BRT system, the Gauteng transport minister said on Tuesday.

A police task team was working ”24/7” to catch the gunmen who murdered the deputy president of Santaco, Vaal Rand police said on Monday.

Taxi-industry representation must be finalised to fast-track the BRT negotiation process, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Friday.

M&G reporters joined the BRT queues this week to capture the mood of commuters before and after the violent attack near Nancefield hostel in Soweto.

The bus rapid transit (BRT) system, with beefed-up security, was running smoothly in Soweto on Thursday morning, police said.

The SA National Taxi Council on Wednesday distanced itself from a bus rapid transit shooting incident in Soweto which left two people wounded.

Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Wednesday condemned ”in the strongest possible terms” the overnight shooting of a BRT bus in Soweto.

A policeman and passenger were wounded when the occupants of a minibus taxi opened fire on a Rea Vaya bus in Soweto on Tuesday evening.

Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele commended the taxi industry on Tuesday for calling off a planned strike against the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit system.

Taxi operations seemed to be back to normal in Johannesburg on Tuesday following a strike against the bus rapid transit (BRT) system.