"Lusaka bus station and fights" Lusaka Warnings Or Dangers Tip by georeiser

It's a tough business to attract customers to travel on their bus when several other buses are going to the same destination. You are inundated by people shouting the praise of their bus company. Some companies engage unemployed men to track down and get hold of tourists to travel with their bus. At least one of the bus companies engaged local boxers to scare away the other competitors. There were a lot of pushing and quarrels among the unemployed men .
After seeing a serious fight (pictures taken right after), I asked one of the them why. He told me he was a boxer and was protecting the customers against thieves. He also got commission for each customers he found. If another took his customers he would not get paid. It's a scary sight to see violent fights. Taking pictures is not wise.

Buses in Africa does not depart before they are full, so I had the experience to wait for some hours. Since I already had paid for the tickets to Lilongwe, I could not change to another bus.