Putco bus operators raise their fare in response to ‘skyrocketing’ fuel costs
Commuters said the increase was unaffordable, especially after Covid-19 as many had lost their jobs. She said others complained that they had not had a salary increase to match the soaring inflation rate.
This commute takes residents from Soweto to do shopping and so forth and returns those working in suburbs back home. “Putco has been absorbing the fuel price increases for many months. However, it has now become unaffordable. “On the other hand, the subsidy rate for public transport has remained below inflation over the years, and the bus subsidy allocation decreased in April this year at the same time fuel prices were skyrocketing.”
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