Well-known Grahamstown traffic officer Terrence Bafo has parted ways with Makana Municipality after many years of service.
Makana Municipality spokesperson Yoliswa Ramokolo confirmed yesterday that long-serving member in the municipal traffic department Terrence Bafo had resigned from his post to pursue better job prospects.
Well-known Grahamstown traffic officer Terrence Bafo has parted ways with Makana Municipality after many years of service.
Makana Municipality spokesperson Yoliswa Ramokolo confirmed yesterday that long-serving member in the municipal traffic department Terrence Bafo had resigned from his post to pursue better job prospects.
Bafo has a long history with Grahamstown motorists and is known by many as a no-nonsense traffic cop. News of Bafo's resignation first surfaced towards the end of last week. The controversial traffic officer had agreed to an interview with Grocott's Mail, but later declined.
Bafo has had his fair share of drama with locals on our roads. He is known not to shy away from arresting even the most senior of officials who break the rules of the road.
In 2009 Bafo testified in the drunk driving case against Makana Municipality's then director of corporate services, Thabiso Klaas. Klaas was arrested after being stopped at a roadblock in Albany Road in July 2009 and subjected to a breathalyser test.
Warrant Officer Timothy Stockton, based in East London, told the court he had been conducting special duties in Grahamstown on the night of Klaas's arrest. Stockton said he had pulled over the black VW Jetta Klaas was driving. He said Klaas had been unable to produce a driver's license and that because he could smell liquor while Klaas was talking, he summoned a local traffic officer to conduct a breathalyser test on him.
"Traffic officer Terrence Bafo conducted the first test and the second test was conducted after five minutes," Stockton said.
In the same year Bafo arrested another top municipal official. Makana Human Resources practitioner Ntombi Peta drove with a traffic officer to pay the R500 fine at the traffic department after Makana Human Resources manager Maud Ndwayana was fined by Bafo on 4 September 2009 for parking his black Corsa bakkie in a disabled parking bay.
Bafo is expected to take up his new position today (Friday) out of Grahamstown, but refused to divulge where he is now employed.
