The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management (COSATMA) and the Department of Education have admitted to have violated the rights of many children.

They have conceded that they have failed to provide adequate scholar transport.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has concluded its three-day probe into scholar transport challenges that infringe on the rights of many learners to basic education.

The inquiry came after numerous complaints were reported about scholar transport across the province.

The acting HOD of the department, Prince Mashilo, cited budgetary constraints as reasons for the failure to provide more than 8 000 learners across the province with scholar transport.

“I’m aware that we have submitted a request for these learners to be supported and we were promised that come the new financial year they might come up with something.” – Reporting by Gontse Sekhantso 

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