article from East Coast Radio Newswatch
The KZN Transport department says it respects Friday’s court ruling which allows SA Roadlink to continue operating on the province’s roads. But, it has warned that it is keeping a close watch on luxury buses traveling through KZN, and will continue its clamp down if they are found to not be toeing the line.
SA Roadlink sought an urgent interdict on Friday, to prevent MEC Bheki Cele from going ahead with his decision to ban its buses in the province.
This past weekend, eight long-distance buses - including five SA Roadlink buses - were impounded near Pitermaritzburg for various irregularities.
The bus company has since accused the department of unfairly targeting their vehicles, but the Department of Transport’s Nonkululeko Mbatha says this is not the case.
“If you are following the news closely, it’s not only KZN in as far as SA Roadlink is concerned. It’s not mainly targeting them, we are targeting all luxury buses - all of them.
“But we keep on finding fault consistently to one company and it is SA Roadlink. In Cape Town for instance, two buses were suspended yesterday for unroadworthiness. In Johannesburg, one SA Roadlink bus was caught over speeding. So it’s not only in KZN.”
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