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| 02 March 2020 |
LEARNER TRANSPORT STILL A CHALLENGE BUT PROGRESS REGISTEREDThe department of Community Safety and Transport Management is pleased with progress registered in dealing with learner transport challenges. The department has following the court order of December 2019, that annulled the previous agreement, been giving month to month contracts to operators. The court also ordered that there should be re-advertisement of the tender before the end of April 2020 with winning bidders announced within six months thereafter. Regrettably some operators took letters offering them these month to month contracts to transport learners and did not sign them nor had they transported learners as was expected. The Department has noticed that some despite not having signed nor accepted the contracts, are continuing to operate. Some who have accepted are not servicing the routes as expected indicating lack of resources. The Department is urging all these operators to engage the officials as matter of urgency. MEC Sello Lehari had been leading departmental efforts to ensure all operators owed by the department are paid. He said there are few remaining challenges as most schools are now serviced. “Out of 197 operators that were offered, only 129 accepted month to month contracts and are operating in 340 schools”, said MEC Lehari. In Bojanala 29 operators are servicing 64 schools and in Dr Kenneth Kaunda 79 schools are serviced by 32 operators. The highest number of schools serviced is in Ngaka Modiri Molema in which 122 schools are serviced by 29 operators. Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati has 75 schools serviced by 39 operators. The Department will this coming week be engaging the sister Department of Education to assess the situation to address this matter and put it to finality. The Department shall also be meeting the operators’ umbrella body, the South African National Small Bus Operators Council (SANSBOC) and operators themselves. END Next Articles+ |
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MEC Sello Lehari
HOD Ms Botlhale Mofokeng
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