South Africa’s long commute: how distance keeps workers poor
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Millions of people in South Africa face daily commutes to work that are long, unsafe, and expensive. These travel challenges are linked to housing and transport choices. The current system has failed to fix spatial inequalities. These inequalities were originally created by apartheid.
For millions of South Africans, the daily journey to work is costly, unsafe and increasingly long. The country’s housing and transport choices have failed to undo the spatial inequalities created by apartheid.