The Eastern Cape has a new head of traffic services.The Amathole district municipality’s former road safety manager, Mawethu Mxi, was officially appointed to the post at the end of 2015.
Mxi, who assumed his new duties on December 30, took over from Xola “Sir Beks” Bekebu, who resigned in February last year after 38 years of unbroken service within the transport department.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Mxi said he understood that the job was not an easy one, and that much work had to be done to improve road safety and traffic services across the province.
Mxi, who joined the department as a traffic officer in the Butterworth region in 1986, said he was “lucky to have committed and dedicated traffic officials” to assist him in improving safety measures and overcoming other challenges facing road users.
He said one of the challenges he had noted was a shortage of traffic officers, but that officials would have to overcome this with the limited resources at their disposal.
One of his immediate tasks will be to ensure traffic officers are visible on every 30km stretch of provincial and national roads in the Eastern Cape.
Mxi said a glaring challenge would be to reduce the incidences of speeding and drunk driving.
He said Bekebu was an experienced official who had left huge boots to fill.
“I will have to soldier on and take on from where he left off so that we can improve safety on our roads.”
Provincial transport spokesman Ncedo Kumbaca said yesterday MEC Weziwe Tikana and the management of the department had confidence in Mxi. Kumbaca described Mxi as a respected officer who had integrity, saying he was the right candidate for the job as his experience in matters of road safety was beyond measure.
“He understands well the issues surrounding the traffic law enforcement fraternity as he has gained years of experience in the field while working for Amathole municipality. He understands the road safety requisites of the country, and we know he will be the right person to restore traffic law enforcement and improve road safety measures in our province.”
Mxi, a married father of two, was born in Zikhonkwane Village in Cala and lives in East London. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
Traffic boss set on making roads safer
The Amathole district municipality’s former road safety manager, Mawethu Mxi, was officially appointed to the post at the end of 2015.
Mxi, who assumed his new duties on December 30, took over from Xola “Sir Beks” Bekebu, who resigned in February last year after 38 years of unbroken service within the transport department.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch yesterday, Mxi said he understood that the job was not an easy one, and that much work had to be done to improve road safety and traffic services across the province.
Mxi, who joined the department as a traffic officer in the Butterworth region in 1986, said he was “lucky to have committed and dedicated traffic officials” to assist him in improving safety measures and overcoming other challenges facing road users.
He said one of the challenges he had noted was a shortage of traffic officers, but that officials would have to overcome this with the limited resources at their disposal.
One of his immediate tasks will be to ensure traffic officers are visible on every 30km stretch of provincial and national roads in the Eastern Cape.
Mxi said a glaring challenge would be to reduce the incidences of speeding and drunk driving.
He said Bekebu was an experienced official who had left huge boots to fill.
“I will have to soldier on and take on from where he left off so that we can improve safety on our roads.”
Provincial transport spokesman Ncedo Kumbaca said yesterday MEC Weziwe Tikana and the management of the department had confidence in Mxi. Kumbaca described Mxi as a respected officer who had integrity, saying he was the right candidate for the job as his experience in matters of road safety was beyond measure.
“He understands well the issues surrounding the traffic law enforcement fraternity as he has gained years of experience in the field while working for Amathole municipality. He understands the road safety requisites of the country, and we know he will be the right person to restore traffic law enforcement and improve road safety measures in our province.”
Mxi, a married father of two, was born in Zikhonkwane Village in Cala and lives in East London. — asandan@dispatch.co.za
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