{"id":1590,"date":"2025-01-15T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1590"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:36:36","slug":"mec-mathye-vows-to-enforce-regulations-for-scholar-transport-safety","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?news=mec-mathye-vows-to-enforce-regulations-for-scholar-transport-safety","title":{"rendered":"MEC MATHYE VOWS TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOLAR TRANSPORT SAFETY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>MEDIA STATEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 15 January 2025<\/p>\n<p>MEC MATHYE VOWS TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOLAR TRANSPORT SAFETY<\/p>\n<p>MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, wishes learners, educators, and school staff a fruitful and productive year as schools reopen today, 15th January 2025, emphasizing the importance of safe road use for a successful academic journey.<\/p>\n<p>As parents and guardians prepare for the new school year, we urge them to exercise diligence when selecting private transport services for their children. <\/p>\n<p>When choosing a transport service, please verify that the vehicle is in good condition and that the driver holds a valid Professional Driving Permit. Additionally, inquire about the number of learners the vehicle will transport to prevent overloading.<\/p>\n<p>As a Department, we expect scholar transport operators to exercise caution and comply with laws regulating scholar transport. Drivers must possess valid public driving permits and operating licenses for their routes. <\/p>\n<p>Unauthorized vehicles, such as bakkies, and unroadworthy vehicles will be prohibited from ferrying learners.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement is the sole responsibility of traffic officers and members of the South African Police Service. To ensure compliance, the Department will monitor scholar transport services closely. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will regularly deploy traffic officers and SAPS members to monitor routes and ensure compliance by scholar transport operators. Let&#8217;s make this a safe year on our roads for our children,&#8221; says MEC Mathye.<\/p>\n<p>Issued by the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA STATEMENT Wednesday, 15 January 2025 MEC MATHYE VOWS TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOLAR TRANSPORT SAFETY MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, wishes learners, educators, and school staff a fruitful<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?news=mec-mathye-vows-to-enforce-regulations-for-scholar-transport-safety\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM.jpeg",1600,1099,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-300x206.jpeg",300,206,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-768x528.jpeg",604,415,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-1024x703.jpeg",604,415,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-1536x1055.jpeg",1536,1055,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM.jpeg",1600,1099,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-604x270.jpeg",604,270,true],"imax-slider-thumb":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-1600x580.jpeg",1600,580,true],"imax-single-thumb":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-1200x480.jpeg",1200,480,true],"imax-tx-medium":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-600x480.jpeg",600,480,true],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-272x182.jpeg",272,182,true],"sow-blog-portfolio":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-375x375.jpeg",375,375,true],"sow-blog-grid":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-720x480.jpeg",720,480,true],"sow-blog-alternate":["https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-2.07.19-PM-950x630.jpeg",950,630,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"webteam","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"MEDIA STATEMENT Wednesday, 15 January 2025 MEC MATHYE VOWS TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOLAR TRANSPORT SAFETY MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, wishes learners, educators, and school staff a fruitfulRead More...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/1590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/1590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/news\/1590\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ldtcs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fnews-category&post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}