The shutdown this morning by taxi operators due to non-payment for scholar transport operations could have been avoided entirely had Premier Oscar Mabuyane kept his promises. Earlier this year, the […]
We welcome that the provincial government has buckled under pressure from scholars, the community and the Democratic Alliance regarding the scholar transport issue. The voices of 40,000 vulnerable learners without […]
The Democratic Alliance welcomes that Premier Oscar Mabuyane has taken our suggestion of shifting funds from other Departments to support the dysfunctional Scholar Transport Programme to heart. Premier Mabuyane held […]
The Democratic Alliance wishes to express its deepest condolences to the family of the driver who tragically lost their life in the collision involving a scholar transport vehicle and a […]
The ANC-led Portfolio Committee on Transport has blocked the Democratic Alliance’s request for an urgent meeting with officials from the Transport Department regarding the abysmal failures of scholar transport. Thousands […]
Eastern Cape Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha’s response to a viral video that shows learners attempting to cross a flooded river to get to school shows just how out of touch […]
As the education department gears up to welcome thousands of pupils to schools next week, the taxi industry is considering pulling the plug on scholar transport if its operators are […]
Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha must urgently articulate what steps he is taking to avert the crisis of scholar transport funding. There is a significant chance that learners across the Eastern […]
Children across the Eastern Cape are being forced to walk vast distances to get to school, often covering treacherous ground and dangerous conditions because the Department of Transport is failing […]
Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha has failed to clarify whether or not the number of learners being transported will be dramatically cut, a decision that could potentially leave tens of thousands […]
Issued by Marshall von Buchenroder MPL