{"id":42643,"date":"2020-02-26T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=42643"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:46:15","slug":"south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=42643","title":{"rendered":"South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42644\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42644\" class=\"wp-image-42644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/59-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Two Pretoria City Council Mercedes Benz O305-BUSAF double deckers pose  in front of Pretoria\\&#8217;s monumental town hall, in 1988. These buses are  still in service, but the bus station has been moved, making this shot  impossible nowadays  \u00a9<em>John Veerkamp<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42645\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42645\" class=\"wp-image-42645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/153-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Cape Tramways (153) ex-trolleybus body and &amp; (238) Daimler CVG6 at Tollgate depot in 1970. \u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42646\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42646\" class=\"wp-image-42646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/479-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> This Greyhound-liveried  Volvo B7R with Busscar body of Unitrans is seen here in Pretoria in July 2004. \u00a9 <em>Ian Charlton<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42647\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42647\" class=\"wp-image-42647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/480-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> See here at USharka Marine World, near Durban in August 2004, is NT  1985, a Natal-registered MAN coach of DMT Trans.  Signwriting below the  grille reads \\&#8221;Lighties Coach Works&#8221;.   Who actually built the body? Google shows a car repair business of  this name in Verulam, Kwazulu-natal, with no mention of bus building. \u00a9 <em>Ian Charlton<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42648\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42648\" class=\"wp-image-42648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1928-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> CA 430507 is a Volkswagen Volksbus 17-210 with MarcoPolo Torino  bodywork. One of six donated to Robben Island Museum by the German  government. Used for carrying visitors around the site of the former  political prison. Photographed March 2012  \u00a9<em>Andy McClelland<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42649\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42649\" class=\"wp-image-42649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2229-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Maxi bus picture in South Africa gauteng kempton park \u00a9 <em>maxi bus<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42650\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42650\" class=\"wp-image-42650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2233-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  shuttle phoenix 2345 liner  \u00a9<em>vinesh<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42651\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42651\" class=\"wp-image-42651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2234-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> kool   pulling a whip  \u00a9<em>vinesh<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"42652\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=42652\" class=\"wp-image-42652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2339-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  enriqes-double trouble   Phoenix,durban SA \u00a9 <em>enriqe<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index 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