{"id":43330,"date":"2026-01-22T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/tmpd-public-transport-unit-impounded-20-minibuses-for-being-unroadworthy-and-for-drivers-operating-without-the-necessary-licenses-during-scholar-transport-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:15:14","slug":"tmpd-public-transport-unit-impounded-20-minibuses-for-being-unroadworthy-and-for-drivers-operating-without-the-necessary-licenses-during-scholar-transport-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/tmpd-public-transport-unit-impounded-20-minibuses-for-being-unroadworthy-and-for-drivers-operating-without-the-necessary-licenses-during-scholar-transport-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"TMPD Public Transport Unit impounded 20 minibuses for being unroadworthy and for drivers operating without the necessary licenses during Scholar Transport operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TMPD Public Transport Unit impounded 20 minibuses for being unroadworthy and for drivers operating without the necessary licenses during Scholar Transport operations carried out in Olivenhoutbosch and Montana on Wednesday and Thursday, 22 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The main objectives of these operations are to identify and eliminate vehicles and drivers who transport school children without the required licenses and who operate vehicles that are not roadworthy. This initiative is vital in protecting the lives of young passengers who depend on these vehicles for their daily school commute.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential for all operators to comply with road traffic regulations or face severe consequences. There will be no leniency for any driver who poses a danger to the lives of innocent passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Issued by the TMPD Communication Unit#TMPDSafety&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76200&#038;page=tmpd-public-transport-unit-impounded-20-minibuses-for-being-unroadworthy-and-for-drivers-operating-without-the-necessary-licenses-during-scholar-transport-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TMPD Public Transport Unit impounded 20 minibuses for being unroadworthy and for drivers operating without the necessary licenses during Scholar Transport operations carried out in Olivenhoutbosch and Montana on Wednesday and Thursday, 22 January 2026. The main objectives of these operations are to identify and eliminate vehicles and drivers who transport school children without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/619265680_1342740744547983_7759096376339186545_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/619265680_1342740744547983_7759096376339186545_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}