‘We Were Failed': Johannesburg Transit Access Remains Scant for Commuters
The 50-year-old marketing agent now spends about 1,400 rand ($79) a month catching several private mini-bus taxis on a 26-kilometer (16-mile) daily trip to work from the majority-Black township of Soweto on Johannesburg's southwestern outskirts to the north of the city.
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