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Eastern Cape scholar transport on strike over unpaid wages

Transport department says it’s working overtime to fast track “legitimate outstanding invoices”, but learners are missing school

Some learners at schools in the Amathole District and parts of the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape have missed days of school after transport operators employed by government went on strike due to unpaid wages. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
Dozens of scholar transport vehicles in the Eastern Cape have been repossessed by banks after operators missed paying their instalments because the provincial Department of Transport has not paid them.
This has triggered a strike by scholar transport operators in the region. Now in its second week, the strike has severely affected schools in the Amathole District and parts of the Chris Hani District.
Eastern Cape SANTACO spokesperson Mxhosa Sobazile said some operators are owed payments from last year…

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