Public’s interest violated – media denied access to council chambers
Even though this is in public’s interest the media were denied the opportunity to sit in the meeting held between Sanco and the council
Unfortunately, the media does not have the mayor’s report that concerns the traffic scandal that hit headlines earlier this week.
Media houses were invited to be at the council chambers at 08:00 on Friday, January 24 to get first-hand information about the report the Executive Mayor, Cllr Linah Malatjie, requested after the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) provided evidence that four members of the mayoral committee, one official employed in the mayor’s office and a member of the executive council have been said to be close relatives of some of the graduates who completed the traffic officer programme.
Even though this is in public’s interest the media were denied the opportunity to sit in the meeting held between Sanco and the council.
The programme kicked off in 2018.
The safety and security department afforded the recruits an opportunity to be put through the traffic programme to train and obtain diplomas in being traffic cops.
The course took 10 months.
People with a grade 12, no criminal record and valid driver’s license were invited to apply for the internship.
Each successful applicant received a stipend of R1 500 per month.
“We demand that the six people implicated in this scandal be dealt with accordingly. We elect people into public office only to have them turn the municipality into a family gathering. This can not be tolerated,” Mr Bongani Hlophe from Sanco said during the meeting on January 20.
WITBANK NEWS will try and source the report through the municipal communications department.
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