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09 November
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ. Yarona will take you there! This was the promise made by Rustenburg's Local Municipality. But the bus rapid transport (BRT) system has been a work in progress for 15 years, at an estimated cost of R3.5 billion. But thatโ€™s not all: another R1.5 billion has been set aside to get the โ€œbuy-inโ€ of local taxi operators. Carte Blanche finds stations now collapsed and vandalised before they were ever used. Concrete bus routes, covered in weeds, are expensive footpaths for pedestrians and the occasional cow. Another failure in the provision of affordable public transport? Or is the taxi industry holding Rustenburg to ransom? Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB