{"id":305319,"date":"2026-02-06T11:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=305319"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:28:08","slug":"49-learners-removed-from-overloaded-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/49-learners-removed-from-overloaded-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"49 learners removed from overloaded taxi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CAPE TOWN \u2013<\/strong> Nearly 50 learners were reportedly crammed into a minibus taxi earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Jacobs, the City of Cape Town&#8217;s Traffic Services spokesperson, said on Wednesday 4 February the vehicle was stopped outside a Mitchell&#8217;s Plain primary school, the name of which was not disclosed, and was found to be overloaded, with 49 learners in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle was impounded and the driver charged with overloading and not having a Professional Driving Permit. Arrangements were made for alternative transport for the learners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added the impoundment was done by the City\u2019s Transport Enforcement Unit (TEU), which will \u201ccontinue to clamp down on drivers who put lives at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clampdown was among several other operations countrywide in response to a tragic accident that claimed the lives of 13 pupils in Gauteng last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/learner-transport-driver-arrested-after-12-pupils-killed-in-vanderbijlpark-crash\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/learner-transport-driver-arrested-after-12-pupils-killed-in-vanderbijlpark-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ALSO READ: Learner transport driver arrested after 12 pupils killed in Vanderbijlpark crash<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy visited Potchefstroom, in North-West province to check on scholar transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said almost 300 vehicles across the country had been impounded in the department&#8217;s law-enforcement interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOverloading endangers the lives of every person in the vehicle as well as other road users,\u201d Jacobs pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49 learners crammed in overloaded minibus at Cape Town school. 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