Mpumalanga department of public works, roads and transport is accused of failing to pay scholar transport service providers.
The department has been given seven days to process the payment or face legal action.
The aim of the project is to make transport available to pupils from indigent backgrounds who were walking for more than five kilometres to school.In Mpumalanga, the programme is targeting pupils based in rural areas and on farms. The service provider who rendered the service of transporting pupils around the Gert Sibande district between February and July claimed he tried in vain to compel the department to settle more than R3 million unpaid invoices.Sibusiso Nkosi, from a company known as M.P.
“Should payment not be made within the stipulated period we will have no option but to pursue legal action to recover the debt, including but not limited to interests on the overdue amounts and any associated legal costs.”Department spokesperson Bongani Dlamini denied the allegations and said: “The allegation that the department is failing to pay scholar transport operators in time is far from the truth.
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