One of the nine people injured in shooting incidents on Rea Vaya buses in Soweto has died, Gauteng police said.

Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said a 32-year-old man died on Friday after arriving at hospital soon after the incident.

“He died from gunshot wounds to his chest,” Dlamini said.

He said the two shooting incidents had not been linked because police did not believe they were carried out by the same people.

Gunmen opened fire on a Rea Vaya bus, killing one passenger and wounding others in Orlando West on Friday.

In the second incident a driver and four passengers were injured when a bus was shot at in Moletsane, also on Friday.

The Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) system was introduced in August last year.

The BRT buses transport commuters between Soweto and central Johannesburg at a cheaper fare than that paid to minibus taxis.

Some taxi associations were against the implementation of the BRT as they said it would put them out of business.