Mayhem at motor works
CHAOS and mayhem halted production at Toyota Prospecton when a mob of employees ran amok.
Workers were apparently upset over Toyota’s profit sharing policy and the wage choice which the shop stewards negotiated for them.
According to one source, shop stewards decided to take a production bonus instead of a share in the profits, without consulting the workers.
Workers called a meeting and decided to take their grievances to the finance department.
Arrest cost R31 000
A RECORD R31 000 was paid out to a Port Edward man who was wrongfully arrested by Toti traffic officers.
Geoff Reardon was arrested by three traffic officers at a block of flats where he was undertaking contractual work.
“I thought they were setting up a speed trap,” said Reardon. He was fined R50 the previous day for sand on a pavement and was given a week to clear it.
The traffic officers arrived in three vehicles and arrested Reardon without, at first, telling him why he was being arrested.
At the police station he found out he had been arrested on a charge of failing to obey the instructions of a police officer.
Cops arrested
FOUR traffic inspectors at Winklespruit testing ground were arrested for their alleged involvement in bribery and corruption.
The four inspectors were arrested by the SAPS fraud unit on suspicion of taking bribes for for the issue of fraudulent learners and drivers licences. The investigation lasted several months and the fraud is said to involve at least R1-million.
One of the main problems in the investigations has and continues to be, the reluctance of witnesses who participated in the fraud to testify. Town clerk/ chief executive Chris Reynecke said as the men have been arrested he regards the matter as sub judice.
They could be moving back
CONSIDERATION is being given to upgrading the old administrative block to once again house the municipal staff.
At its meeting, Southern Council resolved to investigate certain options concerning staff accommodation. The bottom floor of the old office building is sinking due to the area being next to the river and unstable.
However, no decision has been taken not to return to the old building, vacated two years ago to make way for the much vaunted Baton Rouge shopping and cinema complex.
“As far as accommodation is concerned, the only criteria for this Council to make a decision is that it must be in the best interest and beneficial to the Southern Council and community as a whole,” said Chris Reynecke, chief executive/ town clerk.
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