[FROM THE ARCHIVES] Gqeberha transport bungle
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฑ.
Eight years and R2.5 billion later, Port Elizabethโs (Gqeberha) elaborate Integrated Transport Plan is stagnant. The idea was that buses and minibuses, bought for the 2010 Soccer World Cup to ferry tourists, would later be used in the cityโs transport network. Now, all the city has to show for the billions spent are a few vandalised taxis and buses baking in the sun in municipal parking lots. Whoโs been milking the coffers? Carte Blanche investigates.
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