Festive season
HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: An open call to cancel December
South Africa has more public holidays than I can count. There is no need to wait for December to make resolutions as can have them every day.
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NC and WC see increases in festive season road deaths
Road deaths have increased in seven provinces and declined in two.
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INFOGRAPHIC: NC records the highest increase in festive season road deaths
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that road fatalities had increased in seven provinces and declined in only two provinces.
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Gauteng officials warn of high traffic volumes this weekend
Traffic volumes are expected to increase on the major roads as a lot of people are expected to travel back to Gauteng from various provinces.
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Mayor Malatjie’s death a reminder to be safe on the roads - Mbalula
Emalahleni Mayor Linah Malatjie and her husband died in a crash while travelling between Kwa-Mhlanga and Emalahleni on Sunday night.
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Traffic authorities stationed at major highways across SA
A heavy flow of vehicles is expected to peak on Monday afternoon especially on routes including the N7, N1 and N2 highways.
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WC records 55 road deaths in one week this festive season - traffic officials
This was between 20 and 27 December. The deaths included 14 pedestrians.
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KZN traditional leaders call for peace and calm during festive season
The province has seen sporadic incidents of looting and damaging of infrastructure which also resulted in loss of life.
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The gift of life: More than 200 babies born on Christmas day in Gauteng
MEC for health Nomathemba Mokgethi together with others paid a courtesy visit to new-born babies and their families at the Sebokeng Hospital in the Vaal bearing gifts.
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Passengers burnt beyond recognition in N1 crash near Beaufort West
The head-on collision between a taxi and a car occurred 30km from the Karoo town on Monday.
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Bheki Cele says police are ready to give criminals a hard time
Police Minister Bheki Cele began the day with addressing the men and women in blue in Belhar - and headed straight to the police liquor storage facility where 20, 0000 litres of alcohol were destroyed.
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Multiple road accidents reported as motorists head to holiday destinations
Rain caused poor driving conditions in some provinces as thousands of vehicles headed to holiday destinations.
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Thousands descend on Durban beaches as KZN becomes new COVID epicentre
With the Omicron variant now firmly established across the country, many provinces like KwaZulu-Natal have seen a rapid increase in COVID-19 infections.
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Deadly start to the festive season for holidaymakers navigating SA’s roads
The festive season has gotten off to a deadly start on national roads despite the efforts of traffic officials to prevent this.
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Mpumalanga to deploy more traffic officers to ensure festive season road safety
This is to ensure safety following a deadly accident which claimed the lives of nine people and injured at least 18 others.
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Traffic officials increase measures to stop drunk driving
Following a year of COVID restrictions, South Africans are taking full advantage of the holidays to get away for a while.
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Health Department calls on public to help protect paramedics this festive season
This comes as yet another attack on an ambulance crew in Cape Town in Manenberg.
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Mitchell: There’ll be a no-nonsense approach on roads this festive season
On Monday, Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell launched the Festive Season Safety Plan for the Western Cape. At the event, 86 student traffic officers graduated and will be deployed across the province.
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Khayelitsha animal clinic has hands full dealing with spike in abandoned dogs
The Mdzananda Animal Clinic is an NPO veterinary clinic and not specifically a shelter.
