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EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
Traffic system still offline LIZEKA TANDWA
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T’S been over 5 months now since the Municipal traffic prosecution system (Cyprus system) has been suspended and Municipal workers at the traffic fines department in Sidwell say they have been frustrated with no word from the Municipality about when the system will be operational. PE Express reporter, Lizeka Tandwa, visited the traffic department last week Friday
and spoke to the staff who said, under condition of anonymity, that they had no way of knowing when the Cyprus system would be working. The two counter workers PE Express spoke to, said fines which had been awarded to drivers over the past few months could not be detected in the system unless the traffic offender produced a letter from the Municipality. “There have been a number of people who have come with outdated fines from February but we have no way of tracking them in the system. People who do not have their
letters from the Municipality or have lost them, must wait until the system is back in order for us to track down their fines,” said one of the workers. DA Chief Whip, Gustav Rautenbach, said in addition to the Cyprus system not working, the Municipal courts had been closed for over 3 months because there is no court roll of cases due to the problems with the Cyprus system. The Municipality in an earlier statement to the PE Express on April 30, said they would be resuming the Cyprus system after
acquiring a new service provider called Mavambo through a comprehensive Supply Chain Management process. Rautenbach however said that while they have since awarded the tender to the new supplier, almost the entire staff at the traffic department is still left with little to do as the computers, which capture data resulting in fines and issuing of summonses for outstanding traffic debts, are still not fully operational.
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A race that will WOW runners The WOW (Women of Worth) Run is a 5km event that will be held on Women’s Day on August 9. All proceeds will go towards the MTR Smit Children’s Haven. The excited residents of the haven are already getting fit for the event which has a twist - a Zumba party at the end of the race. Read more about the WOW Run on page 20. From left are Sharon Heger (resident), Dr Crystal Watson (MTR Smit Children’s Haven Director), WOW Run organiser Jason Gabriel, and residents Amoré de Lange and Jackie Hills.
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