{"id":65383,"date":"2025-12-17T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/private-vehicle-misuse-leads-driver-to-prison"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:00:46","slug":"private-vehicle-misuse-leads-driver-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/private-vehicle-misuse-leads-driver-to-prison","title":{"rendered":"Private Vehicle Misuse Leads Driver to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>Molefe Tlali (34) of Ha Rants\u2019etse, Koro-koro, has been sentenced by Senior Resident Magistrate Ts\u2019eliso Bale of the Qacha\u2019s Nek Magistrate\u2019s Court to a M1,500 fine or one year and three months\u2019 jail-term.<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted on three counts of operating a private vehicle as public transport without the required permits. Tlali was fined M500 per count, with all sentences ordered to run concurrently. He was jailed after failing to pay the fines.<\/p>\n<p>In delivering judgment, Senior Resident Magistrate Bale noted that Tlali was a first-time offender and had saved the court\u2019s time by pleading guilty but emphasized that operating a private vehicle as public transport without the necessary permits endangers public safety and undermines the law&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Molefe Tlali (34) of Ha Rants\u2019etse, Koro-koro, has been sentenced by Senior Resident Magistrate Ts\u2019eliso Bale of the Qacha\u2019s Nek Magistrate\u2019s Court to a M1,500 fine or one year and three months\u2019 jail-term. 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