“Role Model for All of Us”: South African Traffic Officer Offers Helping Hand to Woman with Flat Car Battery

“Role Model for All of Us”: South African Traffic Officer Offers Helping Hand to Woman with Flat Car Battery

  • A viral social media post had netizens praising a traffic officer for helping a motorist in Stellenbosch
  • Mrs Bester sent a message to Stellenbosch Municipality thanking officer Charl Smit
  • The traffic officer assisted the woman with her car battery that ran out of power

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A Stellenbosch traffic officer's kind gesture towards a motorist with a flat car battery was praised by many people.

Charl Smit stands next to car
South African Traffic Officer Charl Smit was praised for helping a stricken motorist. Image: Facebook / Getty stock
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According to the Stellenbosch Municipality post on Facebook, Traffic Officer Charl Smit stopped to assist Mrs Bester who was stuck in the Western Cape town.

Many commenters left their opinions on the post, here are some of the best:

Thanja Allison says:

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"He is one of the good ones. Always smiling. A real asset for Stellenbosch."

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Sylvia Westwood says:

"Great to see people who care. Well done officer' you are an asset to your community."

Rhonel Basson says:

"He is always helpful and friendly, a good example to others."

Hassen Mahomed says:

"We need to clone Charl and sorted him across SA. This country needs people like you. God bless you, Sir."

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A helper manages to find a dumbbell that shatters the window and the group can switch the car's engine off and move her to a place of safety before emergency services arrived.

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Sean Parker Sean Parker is a motoring journalist with over 10 years' experience, who started out in the industry as the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Bursar student. Since then, the Cape Town-born editor has gone on to launch a national newspaper called Gears and Gadgets and worked for the country's premier online and print motoring publications before joining Briefly News to head up its Car & Tech section. He enjoys watching live sport and can't wait for F1 to make its debut in Mzansi.