Tansnat clarifies use of municipal buses for ANC anniversary event
Bus operator Tansnat has come out in defence of eThekwini Municipality - by saying the vehicles used to transport ANC members to Soweto for the party's anniversary celebrations, were hired by the party.
Questions were raised on social media - after photos showing Durban Transport buses at the ANC’s 105th anniversary celebrations were circulated online.
Some social media users accused the party of abusing public resources.
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Tansnat's acting communications manager, Vuyo Mkhize, says the party paid to use the buses.
"That conclusion could only be arrived at because someone would think that because it's municipal buses - they're being deployed on that basis or they're just being made available to the ANC to use free of charge by the municipality. No - that is not the case. The ANC placed an order for special hire with Tansnat Durban as they do, and as they've done numerous times before," he said.