KZN Transport Department recruits 200 trainees
Acting MEC Siboniso Duma said this recruitment will help create jobs for young people.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department has welcomed the recruitment of 200 Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) trainees.
The department said this recruitment will boost road-safety efforts in the province and is part of the government’s efforts to create jobs for young people.
The 200 trainees were chosen after the department conducted more than 7 000 assessments of prospective applicants who came from all KZN.
More than 3 500 applicants were processed at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban while the others were processed at KwaCaluza Community Hall in Pietermaritzburg.
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Sboniso Duma, acting Transport MEC, conducted oversight visits in some of the centres and said he is satisfied with the credibility of the recruitment process.
Duma said the mass job-creation campaign is part of the commitments and interventions by the provincial government in reducing levels of unemployment and driving skills development.
He said this will also improve the capacity of law enforcement agencies and ensure visibility on the road.
“The unprecedented interest by young people proves the correctness of our bold plans to invest in massive job creation. We are also encouraged by the fact that the department ran a very clear selection process.
“Equally, the department has learnt lessons from the painful past experiences when it comes to recruitments of this nature. The cohort of new RTI trainees will assist in building the capacity of the department to fight lawlessness on the road,” said Duma.
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