South Africa Needs to Revamp Its New Public Transport System

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Over the past eight years the South African government has spent more than 130 billion rand on public transport projects in the country's main cities. The projects included the refurbishment of rail services and the establishment of a new rapid rail and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems.

This is a lot of money by any standards. As a percentage of gross geographic product, South African cities devote about twice as much money to transport as other developing countries, and as much as four times more than some regions of the world.

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