Long-distance busses who operated from Puma Service Station in Windhoek's Rhino Park area are left in limbo, following a court order banning their continued presence there.

The Namibia Public Passenger Transport Association confirmed that the High Court ruled in favour of Puma, forcing the bus operators to vacate the premises.

The dispute between Puma and NABTA-affiliated long-distance bus operators, over ownership of the premises, has been ongoing since 2013.

"We have to vacate the premises at Rhino Park at the instruction of the court order issued by the court, there was a case between NABTA and Puma, and NABTA lost the case. 

NABTA is now currently looking for an alternative venue to operate.

He blamed NABTA for the situation.

"I don't think NABTA has a solution at all because to reach this point it's because of them. If they had listened to other leaders in the transport industry we won't be in this situation. We knew this property belonged to Puma which was Caltex."

However, NABTA's Secretary General denied that bus operators are without a venue to operate.

Nakathingo says he is in talks with the management of Puma Service Station on the way forward. 

"We are not against the law or the judgment we are law-abiding citizens and we are ready to obey the law in terms of the court order. These operators did not come here by themselves they were brought here by the government."

About 100 long-distance busses operate from the Puma Service Station at Rhino Park.