Go! Durban project risks losing its funding

Bongani Hans

WITH the Go! Durban bus fleet project seemingly running on its rims, and the Transport Minister Barbara Creecy having already warned city Mayor Cyril Xaba that further delays would result in the permanent termination of funding for the project, her directive hangs hauntingly over the long-running initiative, which was first announced in 2013 Already, the National Treasury has withheld the R771 million funding due to the project, which has cost the state R9 billion to build, because it had yet to get off the ground, according Creecy. eThekwini spokesperson Gugu Sisilana said the bus fleet was yet to be purchased, and those that were already branded and parked at a depot in the Durban CBD were the old ones, which were branded for testing purposes. Sisilana rebutted claims that there…

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