Tshwane responds to ‘idle’ fire truck situation: ‘We have no right to use them, they are not ours’
The City of Tshwane has been storing fire trucks for the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
Fire trucks allocated to the City of Tshwane stand idle in Centurion. Picture: Sphamandla Dlamini/Eyewitness News
702’s John Perlman speaks with Selby Bokaba, spokesperson for the City of Tshwane
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The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has initiated a process of transferring fire trucks to various district municipalities.
While the transfer is being negotiated some of the vehicles have been stored at the Centurion Fire Station in the City of Tshwane.
Previously there had been reports that these trucks belonged to the City of Tshwane but had been sitting idle.
Bokaba says that while they are standing idle this is not the city’s fault as the trucks do not belong to them.
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“We have got no right to use those vehicles as they are not ours.”
- Selby Bokaba, spokesperson for the City of Tshwane (IN: 01:47)
The department has not yet informed Tshwane how many of these vehicles will be allocated to them or other municipalities.
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