Easter road deaths
Mbalula: Lockdown played major role in reduction of Easter road accidents
Road fatalities declined by 83%, meaning that 28 people lost their lives on SA's roads during this year’s Easter period.
Only three people have died on the province's roads compared to 38 last year.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said officers who were on the take were undermining efforts to curb road crashes caused by drunk and reckless drivers.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said 162 people died on South Africa's roads during the 2019 Easter period compared with 309 fatalities in 2018.
Preliminary figures show that KwaZulu-Natal recorded the most deaths with 13, followed by Gauteng with 11.
There were 35 road deaths recorded over the long weekend in the Western Cape, a significant increase from last year's 27.
Over 500 motorists were arrested over the Easter long weekend for various offences, with the majority being for drinking and driving.
Western Cape traffic officials had hoped to reduce that number by at least 50%.
The N3 Toll Concession says it expects high traffic volumes moving out of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday morning as motorists continue the road back home after the Easter weekend.
Motorists have been urged to be more vigilant as many parts of the country are experiencing wet weather conditions.
At least 500 motorists have been arrested for various offences over the Easter long weekend.
Paramedics say they arrived at one scene to find a vehicle lying on its roof in the middle of the road; inside was a man who sustained fatal injuries.
Three people died after a car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle on the R40 between Bushbuckridge and Acornhoek on Friday night.
By Friday afternoon, three people were killed on Western Cape roads while four died in the Eastern Cape.
Officials on Friday morning were on high alert conducting vehicle checkpoints across the country.
Roadblocks have been being set up in various parts of the province, officials also inspected long distance vehicles and over a hundred people have been arrested so far for different crimes.
City officials have set up various vehicle check points across the city, doing visual screenings as well as random breath testing.
The Transport Department has set up various vehicle checkpoints across the country doing visual screenings as well as random breath testing.
Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi -Malobane accompanied senior police officials on several operations as part of the Easter road safety campaign.