Police
accidents cost Gauteng govt R52 million
Tuesday 4 June 2013 09:08
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The report says the police accidents came at a cost of R52 million to
the provincial government.(SABC)
More than 20% of police vehicles in Gauteng were involved in accidents
during the 2012/13 financial year, a daily Afrikaans newspaper reported on
Tuesday.
The report says this came at a cost of R52 million to the provincial
government.
Gauteng community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko said in a written reply to a
question in the legislature that 2240 of the 11,147 police vehicles had been
involved in road accidents, and that 375 damaged cars had been written off.
During the same period, three police vehicles worth R618,000 were
stolen, although they were later recovered, she said.
Chumani
Maxwele is reportedly suing the police department for R1.45 million after he
was apparently bundled into one of the cars in the convoy while jogging along
De Waal Drive in February 2010.
Meanwhile, settlement talks have hit a dead end in the civil case of a
jogger who was arrested for allegedly giving President Jacob Zuma's motorcade
the finger, a daily Cape newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Chumani Maxwele is reportedly suing the police department for R1.45
million after he was apparently bundled into one of the cars in the convoy
while jogging along De Waal Drive in February 2010.
According to the report, he was arrested, detained for 24 hours, and
later released without having appeared in court or being charged.
Maxwele denies ever making an indecent sign, saying he waved his hand
because the sirens were making an excessive noise.
The newspaper reported that the case was to have been heard on Monday,
but was put on hold as the parties tried to settle the matter, but could not
reach an agreement.
It was not clear whether the matter would now go to court.
