PUTCO Spokesperson Lindokuhle Xulu says the bus company estimates a 150 million rand loss after 50 buses were torched in Mpumalanga.

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Police in Mpumalanga have intensified visibility after 51 Putco buses were set ablaze in the Nkangala District last night. Armed suspects, reportedly in a white Toyota Quantum, targeted depots in Kwamhlanga and Siyabuswa. In a statement Mpumalanga police say at Kwamhlanga, 16 buses were burned after 15 suspects stormed a depot, held staff at gunpoint, and injured a security guard. In Siyabuswa, 35 buses were torched across two depots. Police are investigating charges, including arson and attempted murder. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to PUTCO spokesperson Lindokukle Xulu