DispatchLive reports that as part of an ongoing protest against the non-payment of overtime, Eastern Cape provincial traffic officers from the Amathole District have decided to down tools.  

On Tuesday, traffic officers from six local municipalities within the district did not work and remained instead in their offices.  They cited the four months of non-payment of overtime and a “restriction” on using vehicles.  The issue regarding overtime payment is taking place across the province with officers in the Cacadu District claiming they have not been paid overtime in the last six months.  Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) provincial chairman Loyiso Mdingi said the blame lay with department of transport management which constantly failed to engage with them on the issue.

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