Overview
- Officers counted 101 adults and 15 minors traveling from Gauteng to Malawi after the bus was stopped near Peter Mokaba Stadium on the N1.
- The driver allegedly tried to flee and attempted to bribe officials before being apprehended by SAPS and Limpopo traffic officers.
- Officials say the same bus was earlier stopped in Centurion and fined for carrying 11 excess passengers.
- The bus was declared unroadworthy and will stay at the Mantsole traffic control centre until excess passengers are off-loaded and fines are paid, with investigations ongoing.
- Provincial authorities report intensified festive-season checks, with 26 of 62 buses found overloaded on 16 December and another heavily crowded bus recorded the following day.