SANDF AND SAPS OUT IN FORCE IN POLOKWANE
Twenty-four hour service centres were opened in Polokwane ahead of the ANC national conference and police and armed forces were beefing up security measures, said Limpopo Traffic and Administration Services on Saturday.
"We started the 24-hour operations last Monday and we are working with the SAPS and the defence force for this operation. We have checkpoints all over the city and are monitoring all roads leading to the university," said spokesman Gordon Horen.
The department of transport had also positioned traffic officers in the area.
"One hundred and twenty six traffic officers have taken their positions on the N1 Bridge and are patrolling from Maopane up to the Bay Bridge. There are road blocks on all the roads leading up to the Mankwenge Township where the university is located," said spokesman Boiki Tsedu.
Arrive Alive spokesman Ntau Letebele said a number of road blocks had been set up along the N1.
"We have emergency services and ambulance services at the scene of these operations and we are targeting vehicle road-worthiness and enforcing compulsory stops," Letebele said, adding that officers were also on roving patrols.
Meanwhile, Horen said two people had been killed on Dendron road after a sedan and bakkie collided on the weekend.
Limpopo police also said that a number of passengers had been injured on Friday when their bus overturned on the N1 about 35km from Polokwane.
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