{"id":95904,"date":"2026-02-15T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:02:54","slug":"mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam","title":{"rendered":"MEC Duma Orders Investigation Into Minibus Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The KwaZulu Natal transport department is investigating the roadworthy certificate issued to a minibus transporting learners in the province.<\/p>\n<p>Transport MEC Siboniso Duma said the vehicle from Pietermaritzburg was issued a roadworthy certificate in the Eastern Cape despite it not meeting requirements<\/p>\n<p>A certificate of fitness (COF) inspection on January 13th this year failed to identify any major issues, raising questions about how the vehicle&#8217;s condition weakened so quickly within just 26 days.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also understood that the scholar transport vehicle has been transporting 23 learners, seven more than the legal limit of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya said the investigation will focus on identifying who granted the operating permit and conduct due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, we announced our focus on strengthening legislation governing the taxi and scholar transport industry, with clear provisions on driver vetting, vehicle standards, and operational oversight. 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Transport MEC Siboniso Duma said the vehicle from Pietermaritzburg was issued a roadworthy certificate in the Eastern Cape despite it not meeting requirements A certificate of fitness (COF) inspection on January 13th this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-95904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MEC Duma Orders Investigation Into Minibus Scam - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The KwaZulu Natal transport department is investigating the roadworthy certificate issued to a minibus transporting lear ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MEC Duma Orders Investigation Into Minibus Scam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The KwaZulu Natal transport department is investigating the roadworthy certificate issued to a minibus transporting lear ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T17:34:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T18:02:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771165636.284688.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MEC Duma Orders Investigation Into Minibus Scam\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-15T17:34:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-15T18:02:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\"},\"wordCount\":178,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771165636.284688.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mec-duma-orders-investigation-into-minibus-scam\",\"name\":\"MEC Duma Orders Investigation Into Minibus Scam - 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