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The Citizen reports that a Golden Arrow bus driver is facing disciplinary action after his refusal to let a Simon’s Town Primary pupil board the bus ended up in an eight-hour ordeal for the terrified boy.
Lifalethu Mbasana was left with no choice but to trek all the way from Simon’s Town to Makhaza, Khayelitsha, after losing his bus ticket on 22 July. The young boy said he and his two younger siblings were waiting at a bus stop in Simon’s Town, but when the bus stopped, he could not find his ticket. His siblings got on the 2.30pm bus to Makhaza, but the driver refused to give him a ride. “I felt scared and alone, but was determined to make it home,” he later indicated. The boy eventually ended up walking 20km to Strandfontein, where he managed to get a lift to Mandela Park. A security officer then contacted the police, who took Lifalethu home. His mother, Siba, said the frantic family contacted the bus company and authorities to search for their son, who only arrived home at 10pm that evening. Golden Arrow Bus Services spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer said they viewed this incident in a very serious light. “It is our policy to assist scholars in situations where they have lost their gold cards. The driver who failed to do so has been suspended. We have also undertaken to review all of our mechanisms related to lost scholar tickets and to ensure that protocol is followed in such cases,” she advised.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Cornelia Le Roux at The Citizen
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