Social media users recently shared claims about a brutal attack on a female train driver, linking it to safety issues in South Africa’s railway sector. The posts included an image of a damaged train.

A female bus driver was shot in the face with an air gun in what has been described as a “disgraceful and extremely dangerous incident” on board a Bus Éireann bus in Limerick on Friday.

Eighty five countries of origin are represented among the company’s employees, while the number of women drivers has risen ...