A police officer who went undercover to investigate alleged fraudulent activities at the Sunday's River municipal traffic department told the Gqeberha high court on Friday how easy it had been for her to obtain a falsified learner's licence.
A Sunday’s River Valley resident who has never even driven a vehicle before, managed to get her learner’s and driver’s licences by allegedly paying R3,500, the Gqeberha high court heard on Wednesday.
Since 2012, concerns over irregularities and malpractices in the issuing of learner’s and driver’s licences at the Sundays River Valley Municipality’s local traffic department had been investigated but nothing came of it.
Three Sundays River Valley municipal traffic officials, accused of receiving kickbacks for falsifying learner and driver’s licences, appeared in the Gqeberha high court on Tuesday, where the mammoth task of reading the 102-page indictment into the record began.
Three traffic officials from the Sundays River Valley Municipality have been bust for allegedly issuing learner’s and driver’s licences to dozens of motorists even to those who cannot drive in exchange for a quick buck.