Johannesburg city condemns the shooting of its Bus driver an appeals for community help

The City of joburg has condemned the shooting of the city bus driver this morning. Cllr Sello Lemao

responsible for Public Safety said the shooting was an “act of criminal savager“.

“Our department will be working together with SAPS to aggressively pursue and hunt these criminals down‚ with all the resources at our disposal‚ in order to ensure our citizens can travel the roadways and make use of the City’s transportation network and infrastructure in peace.

Beyond working hand in hand with SAPS; this finds us at a time where we are currently developing programmatic initiatives and mobilising all relevant stakeholders in a way that will cohesively marshal the best of our City resources in making criminal activity an exercise that bears a very high cost to pay!

...That even the most hardened of criminals will think long and hard before perpetrating such criminal and dastardly acts! He said the City is appealing to communities and commuters to work with them in tracing and apprehending those who are responsible for this crime.

Anyone who has information leading to the arrest of those responsible can call 10111 or the City’s emergency call centre number (011 375 5555).

JMPD officers have already been sent to monitor the area very closely as part of the investigation of this crime which took place around 5:15am today.