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Traffic cops fuming over pay cuts

May 8, 2012 | Lerato Moeketse | 31 comments

EMPLOYEES at Merafong local municipality are up in arms against the council after their salaries were cut without their consent.

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May 8, 2012

maneater

c'me on officers you know you can easily supplement you income in other ways.
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May 8, 2012

Bra_NeatDick

Huh?? these guys were sooo damn overpaid. Good work Merafong, save the taxpayers money.
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May 8, 2012

CheeseBoy

why are they complaining. they can just pass the increase to the people they demand bribes from.
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May 8, 2012

MommaC

10grand a month for taking bribes? That is a bit excessive
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May 8, 2012

Pointman

How can this happen - over payment of salaries in a cash strapped municipality.
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May 8, 2012

Limpopoist

You are not alone ,remember during budget speech,Pravin reduce budget for department of transport.

I have learn that limpopo traffic department also does not have enough cash,during easter ZCC church ,it was a difficult situation until national gorvernment made additiona R23 million of which will be used to pay staff for over time.

These weekend I was at polokwane ,still the same Traffice officer work mon-fri 08H00 -14H30,Pretoria it is still the same ,Mbobela also still the same.

All night long there are traffice officer, ride as you like.......ANC lead Government at its BEST
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May 8, 2012

ntebo

but the problem is not all of them take bribes
I guess they gonna learn to
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May 8, 2012

JB$

You guys take bribes why r u crying now you make more than that
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May 8, 2012

MTHONDOMDE

Why pay more money 6000 is fine as these bust@rd compensate their salaries with soliciting bribe. Big bums leave them to survive on overdraft as they can shed some kilos with their big bums sies traffic offenders.
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May 8, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

Merafong Municipality management ba tlwaela batho goot mase.pa.
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May 8, 2012

Ann

no worries just take more bribes to cover ur expenses, but u getting niks from mhwaaah ..
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May 8, 2012

Quicky

iyoo Traffic officers are getting pain neh, R10grand
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May 8, 2012

mokonesand

10k a month and they still cry .....
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May 8, 2012

zino

it does not affect their daily lives,i know one person who does not go to the bank to withdraw cash but to check his account balance and investments
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May 8, 2012

skopas

I foresee chaos in Merafong, tjotjo wayawaya
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May 8, 2012

kudi

make people pass their driving tests R3000.00 IS A LOT OF MONEY COMING FROM ONE PERSON - HOW MANY DO YOU TEST A DAY?????????????
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May 8, 2012

Blackstone.lebs

Mr Slums...what a name, aka Ghetto aka Favella
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May 8, 2012

Phunyukabemphethe

Bra_NeatDick
Huh?? these guys were sooo damn overpaid. Good work Merafong, save the taxpayers money.
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Boss life is very expensive, what is ten grands anyway
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May 8, 2012

Budapat

shame on you MERAFONG MUNICIPALITY, funny thing is that the MAYOR's salary is nowhere mentioned in this fiasco, nxa!!
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May 8, 2012

Chemorenga

kganthe comrade Vuyisile okae baebetsi ba sokola sooo..neee maan..or maybe they got tjotjo too much?i have applied for mng post in your municipality en when u dont pay people like that..i withdraw my application...
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May 8, 2012

Bdoobs

Come on people, as much as these guys are known for taking bribes, but most of us are 1 pay cheque away from financial disaster and we have people who depend on us. A 27 cent increase on petrol price got my budget in disarray, think how much damage a 4 grand cut from your salary would do.
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May 8, 2012

Shredder

hayi khona, these names.

MTHONDOMDE
Bra_NeatDick
Serobapipi
MOTHUBANNYO
MTHONDOSHESHAYO


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May 8, 2012

mthosam

you see now, they are saying to u go and ask for bribe. lol
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May 8, 2012

spokowee

mara why are they crying cos they can always make sure they get their money from us! phela we give them street allowance everyday their @work.
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May 8, 2012

MuAfro

Another man said the problem with South African economy is that unskilled and semi skilled employees are over paid. Leaving the skilled and qualified roaming the street.

This is what he meant, how on earth do you pay that spietkop R10K?
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May 8, 2012

Mbelewolwazi

I once heard of a married couple of traffic cops who had a competition of how much bribes each collected everyday. It made me to conclude that taking bribes can become a compulsive disorder.
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May 8, 2012

Quicky

LOL shred those name shredder hahaha
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May 8, 2012

OverloadGirls

These officers are doing just fine. They always demand bribe and if you don't have it they give a heavy fine.
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May 8, 2012

JANEL

@MTHONDOMDE ...lol I do agree some the the Lady Traffic Officers are wayyyy over sized. I wonder how much we tax payers have to fork out extra to cover the bums...lol

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May 8, 2012

marambz

uryt lamazulu zihombos kakade
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May 8, 2012

marambz

gud
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