Joburg fire truck deal stuck in reverse gear
‘Vehicle shortage delays response to fires’
A tender to buy fire trucks for Joburg has been stuck in back and forth talks between the city and the contracted company for the past 12 months and not a single vehicle has hit the streets.
The city is running short of 40 emergency vehicles while the public safety department needs to attend to about 100 fires a month, according to statistics...
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