Khayelitsha mom wants harsher punishment for bus driver who left her son stranded in Simon's Town
After being stranded, the Simon's Town Primary School learner then walked about 50 kilometers to arrive at his Makhaza home after 10pm.
FILE: Golden Arrow buses parked at the Cape Town bus terminal. Pictures: Bertram Malgas/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - A Khayelitsha mother said that a suspension was not a harsh enough punishment for a Golden Arrow bus driver who left her son stranded in Simon's Town.
On Monday, 11-year-old Lifalethu Mbasana lost his bus ticket and was told by the driver to get off while his two younger siblings, who had their tickets, stayed onboard.
The Simon's Town Primary School learner then walked about 50 kilometers to arrive at his Makhaza home after 10pm.
The Golden Arrow Bus Service has confirmed the suspended bus driver was in the wrong because it's company policy to assist uniformed scholars in situations where they've lost their cards.
However, Siba Mbasana said that her family was still reeling from the ordeal.
"I'm not happy at all. The only thing that will make me comfortable, is to make sure that this driver is removed because we cannot trust him with our kids. If he is going to leave a young boy stranded to walk eight hours in the dark to get home, then our kids are not safe around him. Me and my family, we are not ok, we have to take medication for anxiety."
Mbasana said that her children usually travelled to school with their father, who works in Simon's Town, but they've recently had to use public transport, because their car was broken.