Transport departments need to take a closer look at subsidised contractors and whether they are holding up their end of the bargain
Bus operator Putco suspended its services on Thursday, saying it had not received its March subsidy from the Gauteng department of roads and transport and did not have money to buy diesel. This left more than 200,000 commuters — most of whom who would have bought their weekly bus tickets in advance — stranded in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. ..From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
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