WATCH: Metro police pull over minibus taxis as part of #OperationBuyaMthetho
DUNKELD WEST – Motorists have taken to social media to report major traffic delays caused by a Metro police roadblock.
Joburg’s Metro police were out in full force this morning, 11 July, on Jan Smuts Avenue, which caused major traffic delays between Bompas Road and William Nicol Drive. Metro police were conducting a roadblock, pulling over minibus taxis on Jan Smuts Avenue and 6th.
#BuyaMthetho Intensified!
Jan Smuts and 6th ,Hyde Park Corner.@HermanMashaba @MichaelSun168 @JMPDSafety @CoJPublicSafety @CityofJoburgZA @WayneMinnaar2 pic.twitter.com/wQiXveW37X— AskTheChief01 #BuyaMthetho 🔥 (@David_S_Tembe) July 11, 2018
#OperationBuyaMthetho One of the minibus taxis that has been impounded. pic.twitter.com/vY8DfcXUyb
— KhayelihleKhumalo-James Jnr (@KhayaJames) July 11, 2018
Metro police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent, Wayne Minaar said the ‘Buya Mthetho’ operation is still on-going because it is a way of getting motorists to comply with the road regulations.
“There has been a lot of complaints of bad traffic behaviour on Jan Smuts Avenue,” said Minnaar.
“There is a traffic light that has been knocked over on Jan Smuts over the weekend. That is an indication of the kind of behaviour we see. There are also complaints of drivers ignoring red traffic lights, driving over arrows, and failing to signal when turning. We are not targeting taxi drivers, the focus is on general law enforcement,” said Minnar.
#OperationBuyaMthetho One of the minibus taxis that has been impounded and this was supposed to be a license disc but it's just a piece of newspaper pic.twitter.com/baKKm9iyF5
— KhayelihleKhumalo-James Jnr (@KhayaJames) July 11, 2018
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Compliance is not negotiable!
@JMPDSafety Operations, K9 and SPU officers conducting Public Transport Operation on Jan Smuts &6th , Hyde Park.#Zerotolerance pic.twitter.com/LLjOrLsktS— AskTheChief01 #BuyaMthetho 🔥 (@David_S_Tembe) July 11, 2018
#OperationBuyaMthetho is in full swing along Jan Smuts Avenue, essentially targeting unroadworthy vehicles. pic.twitter.com/rTJKUwfsdc
— KhayelihleKhumalo-James Jnr (@KhayaJames) July 11, 2018
@PigSpotter metro police … Pulling unroadworthy taxis off the road ….there are loads of them. On Jan Smuts heading towards Dunkeld. Well done Metro
— jonathan peers (@jonathanxpeers) July 11, 2018
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