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The Eastern Cape High Court has ruled that the SAPS and the Hawks, failed to investigate one 165 incidents of alleged crime levelled against Intercape in five provinces over the last few years.
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.
Intercape s 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.