Scholar Transport

No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences

Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle

The KwaZulu-Natal education department in particular has done little to fulfil its constitutional obligations

A document reporting that 90 000 learners need transport in KZN has been touted as incorrect even though the department had six months to collect data

A case will be heard in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday morning on whether or not provincial government is liable to provide transport.

Parents depend on often unroadworthy vehicles to get their children to school because provincial departments are not fulfilling their obligations

Pupils living in rural areas battle rivers, snakes and rough weather to get an education, even though the authorities are meant to provide transport.

Tax government workers and big business more so there is more money for scholar transport, an Eastern Cape pupil says.

The DA has criticised KwaZulu-Natal education minister Senzo Mchunu for banning school outings after a spate of fatal road accidents involving pupils.

Civil society organisations are demanding the release of a confidential Western Cape education department report on pupil transport in the province.

Thousands of children catch minibus taxis to school every day. Umbrella organisations dealing with scholar transport aim to make traveling to school safer.

The North West province needs an extra R130-million to prevent its learner transport scheme for about 31 000 rural pupils from collapsing.