In a 2019 report, the Public Protector recommended that the department must ensure that no Toyota panel van that has been converted into a minibus taxi can carry passengers and operate on the country’s roads.
The department said the Special Investigating Unit was investigating the illegal conversion of the Toyota panel vans. The scrapping of the panel vans follows numerous complaints that they were illegal, unsafe and contributed to accidents on the roads.Following the uproar over the safety of the vehicles, a formal complaint to the Public Protector by Hennie de Beer and a submission to the Competitions Board was also made by the National Taxi Alliance .
De Beer added that while some buyers bought the cars unaware of the problem, others did so because it was a cheaper option. In an email to suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane after the release of the report, De Beer wrote:
Let’see if they implement👀👀
Regurgitated from 5 years ago. Let's see if anything is different this time round.
Might be better to do something about the drivers, they are the biggest problem with safety.
A kakistocracy is a system of government that is run by the worst, least qualified or most unscrupulous citizens Best description I’ve read new word: Thievocracy If the Zondo Commission doesn’t result in imprisonments, then we’ve plumbed past Kakistocracy to a Thievocracy