An examiner who was caught red-handed writing a learner's licence test for an applicant has been given the option of paying a R600 fine or spending three months behind bars.
In the third incident, 60-year-old examiner Gert van Onselen from a private vehicle testing station was given jail time with the option of paying a fine.
Zwane said the examiner had signed a roadworthy certificate for a vehicle that was extremely unsafe and not fit to be on the road. He had not even seen the car as it was in the police impound. “Van Onselen, who is employed by a privately owned Roodepoort vehicle testing station, was arrested in September last year after it was found he had declared a vehicle to be roadworthy while the vehicle was in a police pound in Reddersburg in Free State,” said Zwane.
While he had signed off on the vehicle’s roadworthiness, traffic officers found it had a number of defects. The nuts were missing from the car’s front wheels, it had oil leaks in the engine, had no reverse or parking lights, its grille had been fastened with a tie strip and the driver’s door could not open from inside.
He was slapped with a R40,000 fine or two years’ imprisonment plus a further two years' imprisonment wholly suspended for five years.“The RTMC reiterates its commitment to dealing with fraud and corruption and urges members of the public to report all suspicions of malfeasances, bribery, fraud and corruption by sending a WhatsApp message to 083293799 or sending an email to [email protected],” said Zwane.
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