2,500 military veterans to join Gauteng’s traffic wardens
Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi says 2,500 military veterans will join the province’s traffic wardens to combat lawlessness.
Addressing the recruits at Grace Bible Church in Soweto on Wednesday, the premier said crime hotspots like Hillbrow and Sunnyside will be targeted.
Lesufi said criminals cannot be allowed to do as they wish.
“As we prepare you to go out there and defend us, we can trust you because you have demonstrated this before.
“I want to send a very strong message to criminals: It ends here. It ends now.
“We can’t have our girls being raped… We can’t have our parents when they go to the taxi rank at night; they are mugged, and their cellphones are taken.”
The military veterans have been recruited to join the Gauteng traffic wardens as part of the Nasi iSpani recruitment programme, which was launched in June 2023.
The Nasi iSpani programme is aimed at addressing unemployment and promoting access to job opportunities available within the provincial government departments and their agencies.
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