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MEC for Roads and Transport – Kedibone Diale-Tlabela and the Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy inspecting scholar transport vehicles.
More than 60 scholar transport vehicles have been impounded in an operation that Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is leading in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.
Two drivers have also been arrested for overloading. The operation follows a crash involving a scholar transport vehicle in Vanderbijlpark on Monday.
The death toll now stands at 14.
Scholar transport drivers are calling on government to fast-track the process of obtaining specialised permits.
“So because I don’t have money to buy a car, I want to have a taxi and what we are asking them is to subsidise us, help us, meet us half way because unemployment is a problem, we trying to feed our children also so government must intervene and help us. They did tell us about the pdp and license and over loads and we were being advised but now today they are telling us about the permits and we are still working on them.”
Scholar Transport Safety | MEC for Roads and Transport,Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, is on the ground with the National Traffic Police and was joined by the Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy to address parents and Scholar Transport drivers on safety,
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Scholar Transport Safety | Zero tolerance for lawlessness!
We value the lives of our children, we inspected scholar transport vehicles for compliance with regulations, including verification of due registration, assessment of overloading, enforcement of driver adherence to… pic.twitter.com/kFiw7TRVHi
— GP Roads and Transport (@GPDRT_) January 22, 2026
