Overview
- The Gauteng Transport Inspectorate, working with the Road Traffic Management Corporation, intensified stop‑and‑search operations in January across high‑risk public and scholar corridors in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane.
- Officers impounded 148 vehicles—46 in Tshwane, 41 in Johannesburg and 61 in Ekurhuleni—and discontinued 259 minibus taxis for failing roadworthiness requirements.
- Inspections identified critical defects including faulty brakes, worn tyres, non‑functioning lights and cracked windscreens that posed significant risk to road users.
- More than 5,800 infringement notices were issued, comprising over 2,600 manual and 3,255 electronic notices, with 372 drivers found without valid licences and 456 minibuses without valid licence discs.
- Seventy‑three arrests were recorded, including 59 for driving under the influence, alongside cases of fraud, bribery, immigration contraventions, illegal possession of ammunition and reckless driving.