Bay Traffic College lauded at graduation of provincial traffic recruits
Published: June 28, 2022<< BACK TO NEWS
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Traffic College, the
only one of its kind in the Eastern Cape, received praise for its training of
24 new recruits from the provincial Department of Transport, today.
These young men and women will now take up their posts as
fully-fledged Traffic Officers after a year of intensive training at the college
in Greenbushes, Gqeberha.
Mzi Mafani, Head of Department of the Department of Transport, said the graduation
of the new recruits will bolster plans to establish a 24-hour traffic law
enforcement presence on Eastern Cape roads.
"You are part of the future of traffic law enforcement in
the Eastern Cape and will be instrumental if we would like to achieve our goal
to have safer roads in our province,” Mafani said.
Warren Prins, Director: Traffic and Licensing, said he is
very proud that his team at the college had the opportunity to equip the
students with the necessary knowledge and skill needed to fulfil their duties.
"I would like to encourage the students to use their newly
acquired skills and adopt an ethos of continuous learning and consistently honing
their skills.
"I wish them all the best with their future endeavours and am
hopeful that they will have a positive impact on our plans to improve road
safety and curb fatalities on our roads,” Prins said.
Thamsanqa Jonga emerged as the top student in class 1 of 2021
by maintaining an 88% average for all his subjects and Athandwa Namhla Mbantsa achieved
the highest mark for the National Road Traffic Act subject. Sibongile Yvonne
Chani (female) and Luvuyo Mzola (male) were honoured as the best marksmen on
the firing range.
The graduation ceremony for the second intake of 2021 (class
2) takes place next month.
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