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News24 reports that seven traffic officers and four vehicle examiners in Limpopo have been arrested in a pre-festive season crackdown on bribery and corruption.
In a joint operation by members of the Road Traffic Management Corporation's (RTMC) National Traffic Anti-corruption Unit, the Hawks and Special Investigating Unit (SIU), four traffic officers employed at the Limpopo Traffic Department in Thohoyandou were arrested. Three other officers employed by the Makhado Municipality were also arrested in the same operation. They were scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. The arrests came after four examiners at a privately owned vehicle testing station were arrested on Monday. The four, who are employed by the Maanda-Ashu vehicle testing station, allegedly certified vehicles as roadworthy without conducting the necessary tests on them. According to RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane, corruption by traffic officers was one factor behind accidents and fatalities on the roads. Limpopo is one of the regions with the highest number of road fatalities.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Azarrah Karrim at News24
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