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1. INTRODUCTION
assistance.
transport is provided.
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Before addressing these four areas, it is necessary to first
2. BACKGROUND
transport and therefore they too did not have any statutory
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children were deprived of the opportunity to receive an
education.
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which an Operating Licence is required. This became a legal
education:
; and
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SABOA fully supports the greater emphasis which government
are being transported and the fact that they are being
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responsibility for learner transport in South Africa and decide
transport.
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Department in developing policy guidelines for the learner
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• The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. A
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itself and secondly, the circumstances of the child who
journey are the distance of the journey to school and the safety
the same school may live close to each other, but one family
may live just inside the distance from school required to receive
the required distance and their child would thus not be entitled
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seriously considered by government. The volume and speed of
weather conditions.
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Other factors which should be considered in relation to the
transport.
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to parent’s greatest anxieties, depends on aspects such as the
child’s age and experience with traffic, the journey (flow and
pay for a safe form of transport). The latter criterion is not easy
for learner transport (i.e after the responsibility for and the
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the method to use in allocating and administering any financial
services.
learner transport.
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tender to accept on the grounds it considers most important
system.
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unrealistic high rate is paid, it means that less funds will be
in this regard.
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particularly in rural areas, where catchment areas may be wider
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which often coincide with the commuter demand for public
government.
Africa.
government:
Department of Transport.
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2) To decide whether financial assistance should be given in
by provinces.
I thank you.
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