IOL reports that as the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) intensifies its crackdown on municipal officials using state vehicles for personal business and errands, another Ford Ranger bakkie has been confiscated from a City of Ekurhuleni employee who was found travelling with her child in the Tembisa area.

Metro police spokesperson Kelebogile Thepa reported when officers stopped the woman and explained to her the municipal policy on the use of City vehicles, she drove away while they were speaking to her. The police did not chase the woman because there was a child in the car. On Tuesday, members of the EMPD impounded the council-issued vehicle in the Tembisa area. Thepa warned: “With further investigations soon to follow, the EMPD would like to reiterate that those who make use of council resources that are meant to serve the public at large, should refrain from such as these resources are for the purpose of service delivery.” Official cars were seized from Ekurhuleni officials including metro police officers, disaster management officials and parks officials while they were dropping off their children at school last week. On 23 May, members of the EMPD’s Security and Loss Control Unit impounded three municipal vehicles following misuse by council employees in the Benoni area.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jonisayi Maromo at IOL

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