Celani Sikhakhane brings you KwaZulu-Natal’s latest news.
Pietermaritzburg: A minibus taxi that is used for scholar transport was bust for overloading learners while it was also unroadworthy. This happened in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday morning. Ndabezinhle Sibiya, who is the spokesperson for Transport Minister Siboniso Duma, says that members of the RTI moved in swiftly and saved learners from overloaded and unroadworthy scholar transport in Pietermaritzburg. “The alternative vehicle was also provided to learners who were being transported in a bakkie. The Minister for Transport and Human Settlements further announced that since the beginning of schools more than 268 scholar transport vehicles have been suspended for being unroadworthy,” said Sibiya. He also revealed that about 429 drivers have been charged for different factors including unlicensed vehicles, drivers’ behaviour and defects on vehicles.
eThekwini: ActionSA welcomes the Pietermaritzburg High Court’s judgment delivered on Monday, which ruled in favour of ActionSA’s legal action to hold the eThekwini Municipality accountable for the devastating sewage crisis. According to the High Court, the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality has defaulted on its constitutional mandate to maintain water infrastructure to prevent the flow of untreated effluent into the environment. It has been instructed by the court to publicly release weekly E.coli readings and to prepare an action plan which will see deadlines set for the repair of wastewater-related infrastructure.
Pietermaritzburg: The Minister for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, Martin Meyer, has welcomed the news of the department’s exceptional achievement of scoring 100% across all metrics of the Provincial Audit and Risk Committee audit process. As a committee, PARC is an independent advisory body formed under the Public Finance Management Act. Its mandate includes overseeing financial reporting by departments, reviewing financial statements, monitoring internal audit units and ensuring compliance with legal and ethical regulations, among others. During the latest outcome, KZN Public Works and Infrastructure emerged as the only department in the province to achieve a 100% score, a huge jump from a dismal score of 7% in the previous year.
Pictured above: Police were shocked after they found out that a minibus taxi was packed with learners beyond its capacity while unroadworthy in Pietermaritzburg.
Image source: RTI
