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When asked if they managed to travel through the provinces, the driver told authorities that they used gravel roads to avoid obstacles.
An overloaded taxi traveling from Limpopo to Gauteng is one of the number of vehicles stopped by police in Gauteng during a recent road blockade. Image: Faith Mazibuko.
JOHANNESBURG – An overloaded taxi traveling from Limpopo to Gauteng is one of the vehicles stopped by the police in Gauteng during a recent road blockade.
The taxi stopped in Mamelodi, Pretoria with 22 passengers (11 adults and 11 children). The passengers came from Marble Hall, Limpopo. Six of the 11 children between the ages of three and 13 traveled unaccompanied.
When asked if they managed to travel through the provinces, the driver told authorities that they used gravel roads to avoid obstacles.
Police Minister Bheki Cele, who was at one of the roadblocks, urged the Gauteng police and law enforcement agencies not to neglect secondary and agricultural routes during operations.
A total of 97 suspects were arrested for various infractions of the COVID-19 Disaster Management Regulations, while the police also recovered an illegal firearm from one of the obstacles.
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