Ex-Joburg Mayor Mashaba refutes claims he ended OUTsurance pointsmen contract The City of Joburg has announced that the OUTsurance points men and women are back to assist traffic during peak hours following 15 months of frustration caused by traffic congestion in their absence. FILE: Former executive Mayor of the City of Joburg Herman Mashaba. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN
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JOHANNESBURG - Former executive mayor of the City of Joburg, Herman Mashaba, on Wednesday denied reports that he ended the contract for OUTsurance pointsmen in the city.
The City of Joburg has announced that the OUTsurance pointsmen and women are back to assist traffic during peak hours following 15 months of frustration caused by traffic congestion in their absence.
Former Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg and ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba, has denied reports that he ended the contract for OUTsurance Pointsmen in the city.
OUTsurance pointsmen are back on Jozi roads 12 January 2021 - 19:09 Image: Supplied
About 100 OUTsurance pointsmen are back on Johannesburg’s roads after a new agreement was reached between Traffic Freeflow, a company responsible for the deployment of pointsmen, and the City of Johannesburg.
The pointsmen, popularly known as “OUTsurance pointsmen”, have been an inconvenient absence on our roads since September 2019, when a contract between the city and Traffic Freeflow was not renewed.
The city said its decision not to renew the contract was as a result of the Johannesburg metropolitan police department’s (JMPD) upgraded functions and the appointment of an additional 180 traffic wardens who were to replace the pointsmen.