UPDATE: Possible end in sight for traffic training debacle
The traffic officer trainee saga, which began in January, finally has a possible breakthrough.
The head of the Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Busisiwe Nkuna, has welcomed her suspension for not having removed 125 candidates from the Mpumalanga Traffic College in Bushbuckridge in March, as she was instructed to do.
Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane sent Nkuna the letter of suspension on March 25.
The department is set to investigate the appointment of the 125 trainee traffic officer, which the premier labelled a “flawed” process.
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On March 26, Nkuna wrote a letter to Mtshweni-Tsipane in which she welcomed the investigation into the appointment process of the trainees at the college.
This is a change from the previous letter the HOD had sent to Mtshweni-Tsipane, in which she seemingly implicated the premier herself in the “flawed” appointment process.
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“I hereby undertake to abide by the conditions of the suspension as enunciated by the honourable premier in her correspondence to me,” wrote Nkuna.
All classes at the training college have been suspended until further notice, pending an investigation into the appointment of the training recruits.
