Cape Town offers reward for info on people stoning bus

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The city of Cape Town is offering a R50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people who stoned a bus in Khayelitsha last week.

In a joint statement issued on Sunday, Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille and Western Cape premier Helen Zille said the perpetrators of the violence must face the full force of the law.

A Golden Arrow bus was stoned in Khayelitsha on Friday.

The driver lost control of the bus during the attack, and it crashed through a road barrier and ploughed into shacks, killing the driver and injuring five people, including a child.

The joint statement said the attack followed threats by the ANC Youth League to make Cape Town "ungovernable" and to "bring Cape Town to its knees.