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3-684: Rea Vaya (which means "we are going" in Scamto ) is a bus rapid transit system operating in Johannesburg, South Africa . It opened in phases starting on 30 August 2009. Rea Vaya links the Johannesburg CBD and Braamfontein with Soweto . It is currently expanding towards Sandton, Rosebank and Midrand as well. It is one of the first bus rapid transit systems in Africa . Rea Vaya routes are divided into three classifications: trunk routes on

6-471: The main highways and between major destinations; complementary routes running on circular routes that connect to trunks; and feeder routes that radiate out from trunk routes to outlying suburbs. As of 2015 the following routes are in operation: Trunk routes: Complementary routes: Feeder routes in Soweto and adjacent areas: As of February 2014, there have been three strikes which have disrupted service of

9-685: The transit system. Scamto Also known as ' tsotsi taal ' or 'township talk', scamto is a youth language that has formed in South Africa at 1990s. Spoken usually only by the youth, scamto comprises a mix of many languages. Some of the languages include Afrikaans , Sotho , Zulu , English and Xhosa . South Africa's large cultural melting pot is the cause of this informal language, because with every new day South Africans are finding different ways in which to interact with each other on different levels. 2 Scamto Dictionaries have been written and published by author, Lebo Motshegoa. The first book

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