At least 44 people found crammed in a 22 seater bus outside Polokwane, seven of them children
The cross border taxi was stopped during a routine stop and check on the N1 near Snake Park in Polokwane.
Limpopo Public Transport Unit officers on Wednesday morning, stopped a 22 seater cross border taxi with double the amount of passengers on board, Polokwane Review reports.
According to the spokesperson for the Department of Transport, Matome Moremi-Taueutsoala, the bus was stopped on the N1 next to Snake Park just outside Polokwane.
The bus was enroute to Zimbabwe from Johannesburg.
“We have called cross border officials to authenticate cross border papers but the driver doesn’t have a permit to drive this kind of vehicle,” he said.
There were 44 people on board, seven of them children.
Moremi-Taueutsoala says this is totally unacceptable and that traffic officers will continue to crack down on those who break the law.
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