Home Affairs and Culture Secretary Dr Melusi Matshiya said they are working on the appropriate number of roadblocks after the public complained of too many roadblocks.
He said this while responding to questions from the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services yesterday while presenting requirements on the 2019 National Budget. Said Matshiya:
In terms of our image and how we now relate to the public and the mentioning of too many roadblocks we are rationalising to come up with an appropriate number. The critical issue is when the police mount a roadblock. It is to look at the dangers within the society which are speeding, unroadworthy vehicles and many other societal ills such as theft. The public said roadblocks are required, but within certain parameters. It is those parameters we are trying to develop to make sure we weed (out) corruption. There is an issue of accountability where we want to see money reaching its intended destiny.
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