The Myciti Service is offering to subsidise transport for the unemployed!

The City of Cape Town will be allocating R6.6 million to pay for and subsidise bus rides for unemployed people using the Myciti Bus Service!

The City has proposed a change that will benefit job seekers, enabling them to search for work in the city. The hope is for the plan to come into action in September 2017.

The proposal came from the Transport and Urban Development Authority of Cape Town, they have asked for a reduction of up to R6.6m on the Concessionary Travel Revenue budget.

“This is aimed at promoting access to transport for job seekers to enable them to access opportunities easier,”

“Many people are giving up looking for work because travel costs are a barrier. We want to implement this initiative to take away the barrier of travel costs which sometimes prevents people from being able to access job opportunities.”

The new service will be introduced during off-peak hours. Myciti will offer free travel to the job seeking commuters between 10:00am and 15:30pm, all the would need to do is get a MyConnect card. They will be able to tap in and out without being charged.

“This is specifically aimed at job seekers and is another contribution from the city to creating an enabling environment to encourage economic growth and job creation,” the source said.

“This is part of our manifesto commitment to residents, where we said we are going to give job seekers free access to transport.”

Myciti is working to better the future for Capetonians which is a great step in the right direction!