Month: November 2025

Trailer found to be over 100% overloaded

Trailer found to be over 100% overloaded

On 8 November 2025, a TMPD member from the Overloading Control Unit was patrolling on R566 and Soutpan Road when he stopped an articulated vehicle carrying goods. The vehicle was found without a license disc. It was escorted to the Akasia weighbridge where the trailer was discovered to be over […]

Suspects face charges for the possession of drugs and presumed stolen property

Suspects face charges for the possession of drugs and presumed stolen property

CAPE TOWN – Members of the Bishop Lavis Crime Prevention Unit and Operation Lockdown III searched a premises in the 8th Avenue informal settlement, Valhalla Park, following information they received about drugs at a premises, on Saturday, 08 November 2025. The members searched the informal dwelling and found a consignment […]

Sustainability enters the Fleet Safety Awards

Sustainability enters the Fleet Safety Awards

The Fleet Safety Awards advanced this year by introducing two essential categories recognising the intersection of sustainability and road safety. The new Sustainability Leadership and Fleet Sustainability Innovation Awards acknowledge that environmental responsibility and fleet safety are interconnected. With worldwide pressure to reduce environmental footprints, the mobility sector sits at […]

Concerns raised with many trucks getting stuck on Bain’s Kloof Pass

Concerns raised with many trucks getting stuck on Bain’s Kloof Pass

The Western Cape Mobility Department has noted with concern the number of heavy motor vehicles (HMV) getting stuck on Bain’s Kloof Pass in recent weeks. In the past two months alone, seven HMVs have become lodged on the pass, causing significant disruptions to traffic flow and posing safety risks to […]

Truck Owners facing arrest for unroadworthy vehicles

Truck Owners facing arrest for unroadworthy vehicles

Through Operation #NenzaniLaEzweni, a Zimbabwean national truck driver has been arrested by the No Nonsense team from Road Traffic Inspectorate. He was nabbed driving a defective truck in Durban along the N3. RTI found the truck with no powder extinguisher which should be mounted externally in an easily accessible bracket. […]