The North West Department of Education MEC, Viola Motsumi condemned in strongest terms the overloading of learners in the minibus taxis when learners are ferried to and back to school.

The reaction of MEC Motsumi, follows after the traffic officers have impounded a 15 seater minibus taxi which was transporting 29 learners to school.
The MEC for Education, Viola Motsumi reiterated the words of MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng who implored all the public transport to adhere to the regulators.

“We are appealing to all public transport operators who are transporting learners to comply with the rules of the road. We further appeal to all parents who’s children are using the public transport to check their transport before leaving for school. They must monitor if it’s not overloaded or not, if so they should look for an alternative transport.

“Our learners are currently writing examinations and we request our public transport operators to be extremely cautious on the road during this period”, said MEC Motsumi.

The Department is further requesting School Governing Bodies (SGBs) and principals to play an active role in verifying all means of transport that learners use and report unsafe practices immediately to relevant authorities.

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