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BUS SERVICES

A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

  • Phano Liphoto
5 min read
Imported from China, the brand new vehicles will make their first trips in the coming days, across a city that for six months has lived with the deadly rhythm of combat in its outer suburbs. (David Harrison/M&G)
BUS SERVICES

Public buses return to Tripoli after 30 years

The brand new vehicles will make their first trips in the coming days, across a city has lived with the deadly rhythm of combat in its outer suburbs

  • Nawas Al Darraji
3 min read
For Prasa, late buses and trains are not uncommon. Autopax has been bleeding money for years, with attempts to fix its finances falling by the wayside. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ATHANDIWE SABA

Bribe lands ex-con under the bus

A former convict is being investigated for alleged corruption at a state transport company after apparently passing background checks

  • Athandiwe Saba
6 min read
BUS SERVICES

Bus subsidy dispute rolls on

Legal arguments over the outstanding payment of R1,2-billion in bus subsidies will be heard on Friday, the Pretoria High Court has ruled.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BUS SERVICES

Free ride comes to an end

Passengers travelling from areas outside the CBD will now pay two fares, one into the CBD and another for the journey onwards to suburbs such as Bryan

  • Zahira Kharsany
3 min read
BOB STANWAY

Get going with Rea Vaya

Mugged at a friendly petrol bowser recently? Wasting the precious stuff while keeping your car idling in gridlock? Well, Rea Vaya (we are going), Jo’burg’s new bus expressway, is…

  • Zahira Kharsany
5 min read