Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes reports of a go-slow decision taken by Eastern Cape traffic officers in a row arising from a pay cut; 2) further notes that the Eastern Cape's department of transport took a decision to stop overtime payments and henceforth to treat public holidays as normal working days;
3) also notes that more than 500 officers have embarked on a go- slow, backed by their union, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, Popcru;
4) further notes that they have vowed not to work on public holidays or between 4:30 pm and 8 am;
5) also notes that the move leaves motorists vulnerable on some of the country's most dangerous roads, including the N2 between East London and Mthatha, and the R61 between Port St Johns and Cradock;
6) expresses its disappointment and calls upon the Eastern Cape's department of transport, the traffic officers and their union to try to resolve this matter as a matter of urgency; and
7) takes this opportunity to make a call to all motorists to drive cautiously and obey the laws of the road. Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.