Sunday, November 14, 2010

Satawu to march to oppose the implementation of new traffic demerit system

By Lelethu Mquqo
14 November 2010

The South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union says it will embark on a march this week in an attempt to oppose the implementation of government's new traffic demerit system.

The march, which will be on Tuesday will be held in Pretoria and will start in Marabastad to the Union Buildings.

Satawu's Gauteng chairperson Ephraim Mphahlele says they will be handing over a memorandum of demands to President Jacob Zuma.

Mphahlele says the union appreciates the fact that government wants to implement the system in an attempt to minimise road accidents, but this will threaten jobs held by their members.

Once a driver has 12 demerit points, their driver's licence will be suspended for three months.

A driver's licence gets cancelled if it gets three suspensions.

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