City of Johannesburg officials have condemned Friday's attack on a Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus in Soweto but says it will not be intimidated by acts of violence. A BRT bus that was transporting drivers to a depot came under fire but no one was wounded.

It comes as members of the United Taxis Association Forum (Utaf) continue their stayaway in protest against the city's extension of the BRT system. The city plans to roll out new feeder buses tomorrow.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was linked to the current taxi protests against the BRT system. Police could not immediately link the shooting to the taxi strike action against the roll out of more BRT buses in Soweto. About eight gunshots were allegedly fired at a bus carrying drivers in the Orlando area.

According to police spokesperson Katlego Mogale, the BRT bus was approached by four suspects in a sedan vehicle, they fired shots at the vehicle and fled the scene. The driver managed to drive the bus to the Orlando Police Station where the damage was assessed. Mogale said no one was injured in the incident.

There were no minibus taxis in Johannesburg on Friday as operators were on strike against the introduction of feeder buses for the BRT system in Soweto.  According to Utaf spokesperson, Ralph Jones, the city had been talking to people who did not represent the taxi industry and had not been updating them on BRT negotiations. "They now want to introduce the feeder buses when already we have problems with the existing BRT and some of our taxis have been repossessed. We have never agreed to anything for the BRT. We have not been told how this BRT is going to benefit us as an industry, or that it is going to go on tender to us," Jones alleged. – Additional reporting by Sapa