The Trials and Tribulations of University of Johannesburg Students: Transport as Social Justice for Students
The Trials and Tribulations of University of Johannesburg Students: Transport as Social Justice for Students

Summary/Abstract: Scholarship at universities in South Africa tends to focus on access to higher education, fees, decolonisation, and curricula. All these topics are essential and contribute to the literature on South African universities, particularly in post-Apartheid, where the imbalances created by Apartheid had to be explicitly addressed by the post-Apartheid governments within university education, where Black people had minimal access to universities. However, this contribution critically discusses an issue that does not appear significant at face value. The article addresses access to safe and affordable transport for students, especially young women, or what is also referred to in this paper as female students residing in working-class areas in Johannesburg. The paper uses in-depth interviews with students to demonstrate that access to safe and reliable transport continues to elude students and young women in university education. Sexual harassment and violence are stories told by interviewees longing for safe and affordable transport as they commute to and from campuses in Johannesburg.

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