‘Pay back our money!’ say protesting Buffalo City traffic cops

23 June 2015 - 15:46
By Mike Loewe

Traffic cops blockaded the main street outside new Buffalo City Metro (BCM) mayor Alfred Mtsi's City Hall offices. This was a strangely private public protest. Neither the 50 traffic cops‚ the South African Police Service (SAPS)‚ nor senior BCM officials would say anything to the media.A siren wailed‚ and the uniformed traffic cops‚ some carrying side-arms‚ shouted out their discontent with not being paid an “allowance since December”.

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