North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa on Tuesday afternoon urged traffic officers to maintain zero tolerance in traffic law enforcement for the duration of the 2010 Football World Cup tournament.
MEC Yawa’s marching orders to the officers issued in his address to the certificates awarding ceremony and parade by the traffic officers held at Ben Marais Hall in Rustenburg were straight forward, “Hit hard at speedsters, drunken driving and lawlessness. Smile but be firm-don’t negotiate or amend the law on the roadside. Your role is to implement the law to its letter without fear or favour.” The MEC appealed to traffic officials and the 141 traffic wardens appointed by his department to remain focused, maintain highest level of professionalism and to be ambassadors of proper and good conduct during their deployment.
He further said that though the province had during the speed to Easter Arrive Alive Campaign drastically reduced road accidents and the death toll, one death on the road still remains a death too many.
“People are still victims of preventable and curable disease of speeding, drunken driving and reckless driving. You are now sent out to help cure this disease. You are sent out from here to help save as many lives as you can,” he stressed before handing over accredited training certificates and appointment certificates to the wardens.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele
Tel: 018 381 9171
Cell: 083 629 1987
E-mail: LKgwele@nwpg.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Public Safety, North West Provincial Government
8 June 2010
