Limpopo police commissioner Lt Gen Thembi Hadebe warned against overloaded and unroadworthy buses after authorities intercepted a cross-border vehicle carrying more passengers than legally permitted.
A bus travelling from Malawi to Johannesburg was stopped near Polokwane in Limpopo after traffic officers found 90 passengers on a bus allowed to carry only 70 people.
The bus was intercepted on Monday, May 18, on the N1 near the Mashishing off-ramp outside Polokwane during a traffic law enforcement operation conducted by Limpopo traffic officers.
According to the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety, the passenger list found on board recorded only 25 passengers despite the bus carrying 90 occupants.
Acting spokesperson for the department, Matome Taueatsoala, said SAPS and Immigration Services had been called to the scene to assist with investigations.
