EWN reports that a metro bus commuter has described to Eyewitness News how Metrobus drivers pocket money from passengers who pay with cash and don’t use the regular bus tag. Since then an investigation into the pocketing of money by bus drivers has been launched.
The City of Johannesburg’s forensic investigations services said Metrobus was losing an estimated R6 million a month due to drivers pocketing money from commuters who pay with cash. Metrobus acting MD Sabata Mokoele said they were continuing with bus inspections to check if bus drivers were pocketing money from commuters and should any further irregularities be found, there would be suspensions. In the long-term, Metrobus is looking at improving systems whereby cash transactions are done away with.
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