Passengers queue at the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station in Soweto, Johannesburg, in 2009. The public transport system is called Rea Vaya – we are moving. (PABALLO THEKISO/AFP) ...

Africa's commercial center launched the city's first safe, reliable public transport system on Sunday, despite protests from operators of private commuter services that it will ruin their business.

An open-top, red, double-decker bus service will help bring Johannesburg to life for the city’s visiting tourists when it launches in January.

Africa's biggest train station has eight platforms and cost millions to build Park Station has undergone a number of transformations and was the scene of a fatal bomb explosion in the 1960s.

Joburg officials and transport stakeholders are working to shut down illegal bus stations disrupting CBD order and public safety.