Their bus had few wheel nuts and as a result its rims and tyres were strapped together with a safety belt.They are part of 7 691 pupils transported by contractors as part of the scholar transport programme in the province.
The programme was migrated in 2015 from the education department to the department of police, roads and transport. In the Free State, City Press learnt from sources that the programme collapsed after the province failed to pay more than R25 million to owners of 401 buses. “Our pupils are crammed into overloaded buses. Buses are poorly maintained because their owners didn’t get their money.”“Some owners suffer from stress-related ailments because of this and children from farms are forced to hitchhike to go to schools that are about 40km away from their homes because their schools have been closed owing to their few numbers,” said the bus owner.
She confirmed that contractors were not paid for three months because the budget was with the department of education. Mophethe said pupils were transported during the three months period when contractors were not paid, but would not comment on allegations that buses used were not roadworthy.
Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)
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