The Pretoria high court has ordered the Gauteng transport department to pay more than R154m to bus operator Putco over unpaid subsidised bus service contracts

The Pretoria high court has ordered the Gauteng transport department to pay more than R154m to bus operator Putco over unpaid subsidised bus service contracts

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport to pay over R154 million to bus operator Putco for subsidised services.

Two separate High Court rulings on subsidised bus contracts in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have highlighted growing strain in South Africa’s public transport system.