Unpaid invoices disrupt Gauteng scholar transport and attendance

Unpaid invoices disrupt Gauteng scholar transport and attendance

Some Gauteng schools experienced low attendance on Monday after scholar transport service providers halted operations over unpaid invoices. The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has recommended that the province’s schools use appropriate academic recovery measures to keep teaching and learning on track. This comes as the GDE scholar transport programme is experiencing challenges, with some service providers suspending services over outstandi…

Gauteng scholar transport halt hits attendance as GDE seeks payment fix

Staff Reporter The Gauteng Education Department (GED) is in talks with public scholar transport operators to settle outstanding payments after some service providers halted operations on Monday, leaving learners stranded and contributing to low attendance at several schools. The disruption comes just weeks after a fatal scholar transport crash in the Vaal area in mid-January, when a minibus transporting pupils collided with a truck near Vanderbi…

Thousands of Gauteng learners stranded as subsidised scholar transport goes on strike

Thousands of Gauteng learners stranded as subsidised scholar transport goes on strike bombeleni_temp Wed, 02/04/2026 - 09:30 JOHANNESBURG - Subsidised scholar transport services in Gauteng are on strike, leaving thousands of learners across the province stranded and at risk.The strike, which began on Monday, has forced children to navigate dangerous routes to reach school. In videos circulating on social media, learners in Carletonville on…

Dailysun | Scholar transport: Operators take to the streets

Operators handed over a memorandum of grievances to the office of the Gauteng Department of Transport in Tshwane on Friday, 30 January 2026.