No OUTsurance pointsmen in Johannesburg as of 1 September 2019
The changes will affect Pointsmen in the City of Joburg and the agreement of the Pointsmen of the City of Tshwane will be unchanged.
OUTsurance regretfully confirms that the tender process for the awarding of the Pointsmen contract has not been completed by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) prior to the deadline of 31 August 2019.
Traffic Freeflow (TFF), which initiated and runs the project, and who employs the almost 170 Pointsmen in Johannesburg, was granted an extension to operate the Pointsmen until 31 August 2019. This extension follows a prior extension granted due to the tender process previously also failing to come to a conclusion within the CoJ’s deadline.
Danie Matthee, CEO of OUTsurance, comments, “Unfortunately, without a contract in place, the Pointsmen cannot continue to work as they would be doing so in violation of the National Road Traffic Act. OUTsurance and TFF have always respected the rule of law and regrettably the Pointsmen, whose contracts ended on 31 August, are no longer employed. OUTsurance, together with TFF, will endeavour to employ some of these staff in Tshwane where there is an ongoing relationship with the council.”
The awarding of the Pointsmen contract has been the subject to a tender process over the past year.