KZN Transport Department scrambling to ensure overtime issues don’t make the Easter weekend worse
There will be Easter eggs and hot-cross buns‚ but don’t count on the familiar sight of KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers on freeways at night. On the eve of one of the busiest holiday weekends‚ the KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department is scrambling to ensure that Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) officials are patrolling freeways at night as thousands of motorists are expected to make their way to the province. This follows a directive from the Public Service and Administration Department that overtime pay be limited to 30% of an employee’s salary. Last year‚ former transport minister Joe Maswanganyi announced that the Easter death toll had increased by 51% from 156 fatalities in 2016 to 235 in 2017, with most fatal crashes occurring between 6pm and 10pm, and in the early hours of the morning. "This will have severe consequences, as officials will only be able to patrol roads for a certain period. So after 10pm until about 6am there will be no RTI officials on the roads‚" Public Servants A...
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