Bus industry fears mass closures as lockdown anniversary nears 05 February 2021 - 08:00 The unsubsidised charter and tourism bus industry has not been able to work a day since the lockdown came into effect in March last year. Image: Supplied:
The coronavirus pandemic could bring the long-distance and charter bus industries to their knees.
Bus operators who spoke to TimesLIVE after Greyhound and Citiliner announced this week that they were shutting shop said they feared they would follow suit.
Tumisang Kgaboesele, CEO of Africa People Mover (APM), said the demise of Greyhound has laid bare the structural challenges facing the long-distance bus industry.