Festive season fatalities
Drunk drivers on traffic officials’ radar this festive season
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula unveiled his plan to reduce the carnage on the roads over the holiday period in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape has sent condolences to the family of its OR Tambo District Municipal Mayor Nomakhosazana Meth following the deaths of two of her relatives in a car crash.
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says a total of 1,714 fatalities were recorded in this festive period.
President has also wished all South Africans a happy, successful, productive and prosperous new year.
Four other people suffered moderate to serious injuries and were taken to hospital.