MEDIA ALERT

OPERATION THATH’ISKOROKORO TARGETS EMPANGENI REGION

Thursday 23 March 2006, all depots and bus ranks in Empangeni and surroundings

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport highly acclaimed Operation Thath’iskorokoro will tomorrow target Empangeni region which is the biggest region of the department of transport. The operation will commence at 6h30 after a briefing that will be held at Empangeni RTI Offices in Ngwelezane Road.

Operation Thath’iSkorokoro is joint operation between Operation Shanela, SAPS, RTI and a team of Technical Compliance Officers. It was officially launched by the MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Mr. Bheki Cele last week Thursday 16/03/06 during the Bus Indaba in Pietermaritzburg.

Operation Thath’iskorokoro will target all bus depots and bus ranks in Empangeni and surroundings. It will also conduct a full force operation at Masithembe Bus Service outside Mtubatuba, a company that is owned by NADECO President Ziba Jiyane.

The operation is aimed at reducing road accidents in the province. MEC Cele made an announcement of the operation at the memorial service of 14 bus accident victims at High flats Ixopo. The operation will form part of the departments revamped road safety campaigns in preparation for the Easter holidays. “After a thorough technical check-up, buses will receive certificate of roadworthiness and we will issue those certificates to all churches and congregations prior to the Easter Weekend” Cele said.

In the last few days the Shanela Team has conducted a full force operation in Durban, Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas. “We have discovered that every second bus in the province is unroadworthy which is shocking and unacceptable, the operation will reach every corner of the province and we will shanela to the limit” Cele added.

 

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