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ARTICLE · 23 JANUARY 2012

That "Scorro-Corro" Could Cause More Harm Than You Thought

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So, you are running late for work and the only taxi that stops for you is one that has had its steering wheel replaced with a spanner.

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Lebogang Matsiela
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Rene Makue
Rene Makue

So, you are running late for work and the only taxi that stops for you is one that has had its steering wheel replaced with a spanner. Or the exhaust of that bus falls off right as you watch the doors closing behind you. Sounds like a horror movie? Well, often having to take public transport can be, and yet some 63% of the South African population take part in this reality on a daily basis.

An unroadworthy vehicle (including buses, minibus taxis and freight transport vehicles) is defined as one that the owner failed to take for compulsory annual roadworthy tests or for a roadworthy test on change of ownership. The number of vehicles that are unroadworthy increased by 109 185 (40.9%) from 267 691 vehicles at the end of March 2007 to 376 876 vehicles at the end of March 2008.

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