Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba announced on Tuesday on David O'Sullivan's show on KAYA FM that the OUTsurance pointsmen project contract will, in fact, be extended, according to Good Things Guy. This comes after a massive public outcry that followed the August announcement that the pointsmen contract had come to an end. Mashaba explained that the contract will be extended for a further six months, and will thereafter be taken out on a tender. He also highlighted the reasoning for letting a free contract expire, despite it being of benefit to the city. "But imagine that we are getting a free service and not paying for it and then for some reason, there are some officials who either deliberately, or through lack of competence, just let that contract expire?" he said on the show. The City of Johannesburg (COJ) terminated the Traffic Freeflow (TTF) and OUTsurance project for provision of pointsmen services in the Johannesburg area after 13 years of operation.