This technical report assesses the legal, financial, and operational viability of alternative procurement and ownership models to support accelerated battery-electric bus deployment in South Africa, focusing on the specific realities of Cape Town and Johannesburg. Set against a more constrained fiscal environment featuring the winding-down phase of the Public Transport Network Grant (PTNG) and proposed local government finance reforms, the study establishes a practical hierarchy of procurement pathways. City-owned procurement (Family a) and Full Maintenance Leases (FML, Family b) emerge as the most credible near-term routes under the existing Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) framework. Conversely, operator-acquired structures (Family c) are treated as exceptional rather than standard options due to National Land Transport Act (NLTA) contract term limits and higher private commercial borrowing costs. The document details core life-cycle variables, including battery longevity, depot charging upgrades, and long-term municipal affordability. Lastly, it provides six priority policy actions alongside cross-cutting enablers such as centralized national transversal contracting and green or concessional finance mobilization. Access here

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