‘Traffic wardens in Gauteng to be trained, granted police powers’

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs the media on the reconfigured role of the Gauteng Traffic Wardens on 22 October 2025.

Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, says traffic wardens will undergo a phased training to be designated the same legal standing as Gauteng Traffic Police.

He gave an update at a media briefing in Johannesburg on his administration’s efforts to consolidate the capacity of the province’s traffic wardens and to reinforce their contribution to community safety.

Panyaza emphasised that wardens are trained in line with the National Road Traffic Act, and not the South African Police Service Act.

“The wardens will cease to exist in their current format. This will be done in a phased approach. They will now be repurposed to be part of the Gauteng Traffic Police and the Special Law Enforcement Unit, as well as other strategic security partners that will work with them. To do so, they are now being taken back for extensive and intensive training over the next 18 to 36 months.”

[WATCH]: Gauteng Premier Panyaza @Lesufi clarifies the role of the Gauteng Traffic Wardens at a media briefing currently underway:

1. The wardens will cease to exist in the current format. This will be done in a phased approach.

2. They will now be repurposed to be part of… pic.twitter.com/eW5GWbyHin

— Gauteng Provincial Gov (@GautengProvince) October 22, 2025