Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Gary van Niekerk and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Stagg Mitchell, implored forty Traffic Officers to use the next five months as a yardstick for going beyond the call of duty as enforcers of the National Road Traffic Act.
“When you are on law enforcement patrols, pay attention to our municipal infrastructure and graveyards as well. We need to address the wanton destruction of municipal property and the desecration of graves that went on unabated over the last decade.
“We cannot allow our facilities to be at the mercy of cable thieves and bad actors who are hellbent on seeing us fail.
“You remain a part of our long-term safety and security plans to make the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality safer for road users and the public in general,” Mayor Van Niekerk said.
The initial contract period (that paid a monthly stipend to the officers) ended on Wednesday, with new contracts allowing for a living wage, starting from yesterday (Thursday) until the end of June.
Mayoral Committee Member of Safety and Security Stag Mitchell, he is thankful to the Acting Executive Shadrack Sibiya and his team for working tirelessly to make the new contracts for the traffic officers a reality.
“We need as many boots on the ground as possible and initiatives like this help us to supplement our workers with new blood. This is especially important as we have a number of traffic officers retiring.
“I am hopeful that we will reach the stage where we can employ this group permanently. We count on them to work hard and serve the traffic corps with diligence and tenacity,” MMC Mitchell said.
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