POLOKWANE – The MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya said the department will take a zero tolerance approach to corruption as the Easter weekend approaches.
Lerule-Ramakhanya spoke during the Arrive Alive Easter Road Safety Campaign launch on Friday morning (April 8) after one man was arrested for bribing her and the Acting Police Commissioner Major Gen Jan Scheepers with R190 during a roadblock on the N1.
The man’s vehicle was checked for roadworthiness when he bribed the MEC and was taken into police custody. He will face charges of bribing a law official.
Lerule-Ramakhanya urged motorists to stop bribing law enforecement and added that it is an insult to the country’s laws.
“Stop trying to bribe the police, you are insulting the team that is meant to keep you safe,” she told the media. She explained that the person who was arrested attempted to bribe with R190 and called it an insult to officials on duty.
The media launch comes a week before the long Easter weekend where thousands of road users are expected to travel to Limpopo for leisure, religious activities and migrant labourers who are coming home to spend time with their families.
Transport media liaison officer Mike Maringa said higher traffic volumes on national and provincial roads is also expected following the easing of lockdown regulations and the end of the state of disaster.
“The MEC will use the media launch to announce the Province’s plans and the readiness to reduce road carnages,” he said.
