WITH the focus on “back to school” tomorrow, the City has urged scholar transport operators to brush-up on regulations and ensure their vehicles are fit for purpose.
This, after the 2024 academic year saw the Transport Enforcement Unit issuing 6 226 fines for various transgressions and impounding 246 vehicles, including light delivery vehicles, sedans, amaphelas and minibuses.
In most of the cases, drivers did not have operating licences.
The City’s mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, said just like public transport operators, scholar transport service providers are required, by law, to obtain an operating licence from the Provincial Regulatory Entity (PRE).
“Many of these people do not even have driving licences, much less operating licences.
“We take action where we can, but I also ask that parents be…