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Police use roadblocks as “mobile Post Offices” in South Africa’s richest province
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has raised concerns over a trend of Metro Police and the Gauteng Traffic Police using roadblocks to generate revenue.
The committee said roadblocks are increasingly used for revenue collection and as a substitute for the Post Office in distributing fines following its closure in many areas.