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Traffic boss faces 1,640 charges

Aug 10, 2012 | Frank Maponya Limpopo Bureau Chief | 37 comments

Testing station boss is facing 820 charges of fraud and a further 820 involving alleged contraventions of the National Road Traffic Act

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Aug 10, 2012

Pointman

Bloody muppet. How many people may have died because of unqualified drivers and unroadworthy vehicles. We may never know the cost.
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Aug 10, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Every day every day!!!! The same kak look how fat the guy is he msut have made alot of money to an extent of go for an s-curl hair style!!!!LOL
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Aug 10, 2012

Memme

" @ MorenaWaPolelo -
Every day every day!!!! The same kak look how fat the guy is he msut have made alot of money to an extent of go for an s-curl hair style!!!!LOL "


Dude you just made my Friday morning.. LOL!!!
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Aug 10, 2012

imd

Limpopo again........*sigh* covering all bases!
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Aug 10, 2012

Mosquer

Damn! how many thousands have he chowed with tjotjo?
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Aug 10, 2012

TDK

"He issued fraudulent licences to unsuspecting applicants.

How is that possible or did the applicants pay bribes with the hope of being issued with 'legitimate' licences but issued with fraudulent ones?
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Aug 10, 2012

Punkies

Hayikhona, he does look like a criminal this man..
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Aug 10, 2012

LELAU

another cadre deployee chances are that he is not the only one issuing fraudlent and or unlawful drivers licence. the other day i was somewhere in Sabie/Matibidi and driving above the speed limit of 60 km/h zone and doing about 70 km/h the traffic officer literaly asked for tjotjo. the point that i am trying to make is that they are addicted to tjotjo to such an extend that that they have a target for tjotjo.
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Aug 10, 2012

JB$

Limpopo is cursed
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Aug 10, 2012

Traveljunie

Burn you basted, they learn this tricks from July Juju and premier of Limpopo. Good roll models those fat belly ANC cadres
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Aug 10, 2012

Mosquer

And you are also cursed
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Aug 10, 2012

mafungwashe

traffic officers at testing centres have issued many drivers' licenses through bribery for desperate people,this is dangerous as some accidents are caused by negligent people or who know that they didn't work hard for the license however,there are intelligent people who have worked hard to perfect their driving skills although they got the licenses in the same*corrupt * way.My son recently couldn't pass the learners' test and the officer asked for R1000.00 bribe in Johannesburg,but my son refused to pay.Let this bastard face the music,his assets are possessions from undue enrichment.
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Aug 10, 2012

mbondo

My question is , where is the ANC get all these extremely corrupt people? It's like a cancer eating away flesh , this guy is already earning huge salary but still commit crime. These people will never learn , anyway ANC has taken over from the previous corrupt booers. The theft still goes on and disgusting.
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Aug 10, 2012

BOSSOKEMANGG

You are also cursed! Moron
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Aug 10, 2012

Bucson

Guys, be careful here, the man may loose the case, go to jail and fake illness and out of jail again, parole style, three months down the line, same goes back to work in another Province. Corruption is everywhere. As much as we like honest people, you will find them in the mortuary, sleeping without making any noise or snoring. Don't you think so?
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Aug 10, 2012

morongwa38

Holly Marry Mother of Jesus, i never thought the bastard will get to taste his own medicine . You must rot in jail. you are the reason fo r all the lifes in limpopo. we are so scared to drive in our roads because of people like you . The government has to recall all the license you issued mother fucker !!!!
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Aug 10, 2012

Tempypusher

@Sowetan

The fatcat was arrested on 30 July and you decided to report it today after 10 days nxaaaaaaaaaa. He already went to court twice last week for your information sleeping journalist yerrrrrrrrrr.

I knew this dude form my home town, Shayandima, he once arrested in 2002/03 if not mistaken for similar offence and guess what the case dissapeared through thin air, whereas he was caught right handed with tjotjo money in his office.

This fatcat is crazy, while he was under suspension in 2002/03 the guy burnt down his house with two cars inside (Audi and Benz) his Dry Clean was taken by state but within a week it was buggled by thiefs and clients properties were stolen.
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Aug 10, 2012

mbondo

@Tempypusher
He burn down his own house and his 2cars , which means he was cashing in on insurance. Well I have no words to describe this fellow , all I can say this guy is a criminal of note. Like Hitler burning down parliament and accused the jews about it.
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Aug 10, 2012

chantymore

He is one of the people who causes road eccidents on the road, people are dead because of him, let him rot in jail he dont deserve the bail given
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Aug 10, 2012

Tempypusher

@mbondo

Of course his motive was to cash on insurance because if you look at it very carefull his house was burnt down on the same week were his dry clean was buggled, I really concur with you chief this dude is a criminal of note.
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Aug 10, 2012

mbondo

@Tempypusher
Enlighten me here a bit bru since you know this fat cat , how is he getting away with all the previous crimes and looks like he's going to get away from these present one? How are these hayenas swindle their way out of jail? It seems to me as if this guy can even k ill to keep himself out of jail , he is dangerous more than the word danger itself. Burning down a house , two cars and buggled his own dry cleaner and probably stealing people clothes to sell in Zimbabwe.
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Aug 10, 2012

ProudlyNigerian

It is great that the media are reporting these stories about Limpopo but i am starting to think that there is some coordinated effort by the media to program and condition South Africans to hate and discriminate against Limpopo and Limpopo people just like they have done with foreigners especially Nigerians and Zimbabweans.

I may be wrong or over reacting but if what i am saying is true that then the South African media are playing a dangerous game which may eventually lead to massive violence within the republic of South Africa. The media needs to be more sensitive to the reactions and perceptions of their patrons in order to balance their reporting and ensure that their reports and exposes do not lead to the loss of human life.

I still blame the media for the 2008 xenophobic attacks even though they were never blamed or prosecuted for their involvement. Their reporting over the past decade has been collectively aimed at that making South Africans develop a negative perception and massive hatred of foreigners. Unfortunately most South Africans do not realize this and still let the media influence their emotions ,beliefs and perceptions unrestricted.
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Aug 10, 2012

MasterRyken

These are the people that makes it tough for poor people to afford necessities. Burn u bloody agent!
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Aug 10, 2012

Papage

Is this huge guy 48 years old only? Money really makes people Fat cats, take all the monies and his job, assets as well, I can beging to think how many people died on our roads because of people like him, by issuing out licences and roadworthy certificate to wrong people and cars.
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Aug 10, 2012

Home1234

Well done to the investigating team. The corruption in traffic departments throughout the country is common place and rampant. I have personal experience of this, and I am sure most people do. We have thousands of drivers on our roads who bought their licences, and who don't know their wing mirror from their elbow. The carnage on our roads attests to this. Let us hope this greedy thief is properly processed by our sad and broken judicial system (unlike selebi, shaik, mutata, yengeni, .....) and that he actually does do time in jail. On the other hand, if he's "connected", he's likely to become our next MP.
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Aug 10, 2012

ThirdEye

He is going down, he won't survive these charges.
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Aug 10, 2012

Lutokolalubiko

Why would a municipality go and appoint someone who has a corruption cloud over his head, oh I forgot, we also have a president who has a cloud hanging over his head... This guy has been arrested before, and they still appointed him as a head of traffic, thats not on.
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Aug 10, 2012

MommaC

Then our stupid brick headed minister wants to play kneejerk and fiddle with everything from the speed limit to the legal drinking limit. If he got his head out of his backside and looked around, he'd know that THIS is the reason - the criminal organisation that he is in charge of
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Aug 10, 2012

JohnStone

@LELAU & Mbondo

Democracy brought to you by the ANC allows you to criticize, but not blindly. This fellow was not "deployed" by the ANC but was INHERITED, in the same vein that the ANC inherited Richard Mdluli from the apartheid regime. The ANC inherited a very corrupt civil service in 1994. Please revisit Mandela's speeches, he spoke against corruption in the service as soon as he took office. The entire human race is very corrupt in nature. My correction is in no way denying that some deployees have been found to be corrupt, but we must also understand that corruption knows no bounds and cannot be confined to the ANC, it is a societal problem.
The only major difference between the then regime and the democtratically elected goverment is the level of accountability and transparency. In those days, there was no freedom for the media and no laws that compelled the state to disclose information even if such information related to corruption. The levels of accountability and transparency have improved with the dawn of democracy and the creation of instruments such as the AG, SIU,PSC,SCOPA, Public Protector et all. These institutions are helping in the advance and defense of the democratic order. Many in our public service are from the old order and still habour tendencies taught to them by the apartheid masters, unfortunately for them, times have changed and they are getting caught, unlike in the past wherein they got away with murder.

@Tempypusher

I agree with you, the fellow torched part of his double storey house and two cars, an maroon Audi A4 and a white BMW 540i to cash on insurence since he was no longer receiving tjotjo after being suspended. Besides fraud and corruption, he also has more than 20 children with more than 20 different women, though married to one. The 2001/2002 case did not just disappear into thin air, witnesses "evaporated". Most of the witnesses died "mysteriously" and I am shocked that the court released him on bail again knowing that he has this "magic touch" with witnesses. His recent arrest is also covering alleged crimes from that period. The fellow is as cunning as a fox, he literaly swallowed wards of cash when caught in a police sting taking a "bribe" in 2001. In short, he ate the evidence!
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Aug 10, 2012

Ndele01

Just how on earth does the ANC leadership allways choose the most corrupt people as leaders ? Every day someone is caught out in all spheres of government. Is this the South Africa the ANC fought for - so that they can steal the land bankrupt ? I don't remember seeing this objective in the Freedom Charter !

We should hang our heads in shame ! In the past we stood up against the Apartheid Government for freedom, honesty, integrity, etc, etc. This officer and many other leaders are putting us to shame and making us look worse than the Apartheid Government ! I'm shocked and embarrased. This officer doesn't realise that in the bigger picture he has once again trampled the ANC name into the mud !

It seems that the only honest person in the ANC is the Public Protector - she must become President - I'm fed up with the old "comrade" ANC leaders - sis !
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Aug 10, 2012

Ndele01

@John stone

I think you must wake up - you can;t allways blame the old govenrment. Does it take the ANC 18 years to catch this man that has 1640 transgressions ???? The level of theft is unbelievable with 3 provinces under administration (do you understand how bad the situation is for this to happen ?? 2000 million stole in Limpopo in 2011 alone !!! Tnders are issued to fix roads - but the money gets lost without roads being fixed ! At least the old government built dams, roads(new and maintained them) without asking these tollfees ! 5000 million too much for the Toll roads in Gauteng !! The list goes on and on - just read your newspapers every day. Don't try and justify this wrong with your personal opinion - rather go on facts.
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Aug 10, 2012

TSONGA14

HE MUST ROT IN JAIL,CRIMINAL
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Aug 10, 2012

MommaC

JohnStone

So the apartheid regime made this scoundrel the traffic boss when he was 14 years old?
The man is 48 - there is only so much you can blame on having 'inherited'.
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Aug 10, 2012

uMnuz

What a roll model for his kid.
What a big clot scummy, a face only a mother could love...
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Aug 12, 2012

ndamulelo08

I think he will survive because corruption is order of the day and policy of the ANC.
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Aug 12, 2012

seutullamakunutu

@JB$ you are realy uncivilised. Limpopo will never be cursed, we are from limpopo and will never be cursed because the blood of Jesus has done it all. You are perishing, not worth a discussion.

Hang on it is not only Limpopo that has corruption with licences. Does any one remember the former parliament speaker Baleka Mbethe was involved in the same accusations in Mpumalanga in 1997.
Langlaagte was also closed for a while in 2005/6 with the same accusations.This has got nothing to do with the province. I am a Gauteng resident and have been asked a bribe several times in Gauteng, not in Limpopo.
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Aug 13, 2012

seutullamakunutu

@ Proudlynigerian. Well said broer. Limpopo is one peaceful province which does not discriminate people, we live in peace with nigerians, they married our sisters even go to night vigil and diphiring ( digging for a burial in the rural areas, done by men the evening before burial mostly friday afternoons.) .
As far as i remember Gauteng is no man's land we all came to dig gold, so people should shouls stop being foolish, anyone can stay in Gauteng.
The media is helping office of the president to discredit Limpopo for not being pro Zuma now lately. There is so much corruption with department of health in gauteng. Bara is always on the media for the wrong reasons.
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