The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department has welcomed the recruitment of 200 Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) trainees, who will boost road safety efforts in that province.
As portion of government’s efforts to create jobs for youth, the department recently conducted over 7 000 assessments of prospective applicants, who came from all corners of KZN.
These included more than 3 500 applicants processed at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban, and 3 500 processed at KwaCaluza Community Hall in Pietermaritzburg
Acting Transport MEC, Sboniso Duma, who conducted oversight visits in some of the centres, said he is satisfied with the credibility of the recruitment process.
Duma said the mass job formation campaign is portion of the commitments and interventions by the provincial government in reducing levels of unemployment and driving skills development.
He said this will also improve the capacity of law enforcement agencies, and ensure visibility on the road.
“The unprecedented interest by young people proves the correctness of our adventurous plans to invest in massive job formation. We are also encouraged by the fact that the department ran a very clear selection process.
“Equally, the department has learnt lessons from the painful past experiences when it comes to recruitments of this nature. The cohort of recent RTI trainees will assist in building the capacity of the department to fight lawlessness on the road,” Duma said. – SAnews.gov.za
Snake Eyes
A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.
Breadmaker
Fun South African Fact: The world’s largest diamond was found in the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa on 25 January 1905.