GOING NOWHERE: Grounded buses, idle stations, unpaid bills — inside the collapse of Joburg’s transport system

Oversight reports debated by the Johannesburg City Council have laid bare the depth of the financial and operational collapse gripping the City’s transport portfolio: a roads agency unable to pay suppliers, Rea Vaya stations lying idle for years, Metrobus operating with less than half its fleet, and an infrastructure maintenance backlog estimated at R115bn.