KwaZulu-Natal's transport MEC has suspended all tests for Road Traffic Inspectorate jobs after seven people died.
|||Durban - KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Willies Mchunu has suspended all tests for Road Traffic Inspectorate jobs after seven people died, SABC radio news reported on Sunday.
In a statement on Saturday he said he would investigate the incident whereby “scores” of people who were trying to get a job at the road traffic inspectorate, collapsed during a fitness test.
“More than 34 000 applicants qualified for the 90 trainee posts which were advertised,” said Mchunu in a statement.
He said that 15 600 applicants attended a fitness test at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Thursday, and a similar number attended on Friday.
“Scores of them could not cope with the hot weather condition and collapsed.”
Many were taken to hospital.- Sapa