Road fatalities declined by 83%, meaning that 28 people lost their lives on SA's roads during this year’s Easter period.
The country has seen unprecedented statistics on the road during this year's Easter weekend, with the lowest recorded deaths, drunk driving and lawlessness.
Roadblocks continued across the Western Cape on Good Friday, the first day of the Easter long weekend.
The president's address comes from the Union Buildings in Pretoria ahead of the Easter long weekend .
This year, Easter celebrations will be coming to people’s homes.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said 162 people died on South Africa's roads during the 2019 Easter period compared with 309 fatalities in 2018.
Heavy rains battered the province over the Easter weekend, causing mudslides that left thousands displaced and left at least 70 people dead.
About 70 people were killed when heavy rains swept through the province last week with thousand others left homeless.
Emergency medical services transported over 30,000 emergency cases to hospitals between December and January, of which 23% related to violent trauma, physical violence, and accidental injury.
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.
At least 500 motorists have been arrested for various offences over the Easter long weekend.
As holidaymakers make their way back home after the Easter long weekend, the Road Traffic Management Corporation says it’s expecting traffic volumes to pick up.
Close to 1,000 vehicles were pulled over on the province’s roads and more than 200 motorists tested for alcohol.
A number of politicians from different parties spent their Eastern weekend electioneering at various churches throughout the country ahead of the 8 May elections.
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.
