Number of roadblocks to double in Gauteng
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng traffic police are doubling the number of roadblocks in Gauteng as New Year approaches.
The province’s Community Safety MEC, Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane, told journalists on Wednesday she is concerned at the rising number of road deaths this festive season.
She said 88 roadblocks a day would be staged instead of 44.
“I had a meeting with all the chiefs this morning and I’ve given an instruction {to} … increase our roadblocks. Instead of having 44 a day, let us have 88 a day. So you’ll be meeting our officers on every corner and they will do stop and check and also make sure that for those that are drunk, don’t have licences … it’s an immediate arrest,” she said.
The province had also recalled officers from the National Traffic Service and were redeploying them in Gauteng.