MBOMBELA: Road safety and law enforcement activities that should be integrated in order to maximize safety in the province. This will also assist in bringing to book those who perpetually break the law and also disregard traffic laws in various municipalities.This is according to Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Pat Ngomane who was speaking during the municipalities and MEC (MUNIMEC) meeting held August 3 2017 at the Riverside Government Complex in Mbombela.
The MEC of Security and Liaison MEC Pat Ngomane also announced that as of 2019, the Traffic officers course will nolonger be a 12 months, but 3 years training (NQF level 6). It should be noted that 2018 will be the last year for 12 months training.
The MEC also mentioned that it will be easy to deal with road safety matters if municipalities, in particulars those policing major routes such as the N4, R23, N11, R40 and N2 play their part in order to save lives. “This should not be a revenue generation exercise but should focus on road safety in order to save lives”, Ngomane said.
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He also praised the Nkomazi Local Municipality for initiating road safety campaigns particularly during weekends and peak season. Ngomane however insisted that those programmes should be supported by the provincial government.
Ngomane also committed himself to supporting municipalities’ road safety initiatives and the MEC indicated that she will engage stakeholders such as Road Traffic Management Corporation (TRMC) Shareholders committee to assist local municipalities with law enforcement.
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