Festive season road deaths
Mbalula: We’ve met our target to decrease road fatalities by 10%
The minister and officials from the Road Traffic Management Corporation addressed the media on the festive season road safety.
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Fatal crashes reduced by 3% over 2019 festive season - Mbalula
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula released the 2019/20 festive season road safety report on Thursday.
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WC sees big decrease in December road deaths
The majority of those killed over the period were pedestrians.
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Justice Project SA: Road safety messages not getting through to drivers
Mid-term statistics show that 589 people have been killed and over 1,300 arrested for drunk driving since the start of the festive season.
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'Our job's not done', says Mbalula as dept seeks to reduce road deaths
Almost 600 people have lost their lives already since the start of the festive season - last year that number stood at 839 on 23 December.
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589 people killed on SA's roads this festive season so far - Mbalula
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said that authorities had recorded 489 fatal crashes since the start of the holiday period and this resulted in 589 fatalities.
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Grim start to festive season after 11 killed on WC roads
Last year, 149 people were killed on the roads in the Western Cape over the holiday period.
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Mbalula: Officials will clamp down on drunk drivers this festive season
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula joined the Johannesburg Metro Police Department on Monday as it launched its festive season safety campaign.
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Economic cluster ministers set for NCOP grilling over land expropriation, SABC
Economic cluster ministers, like Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille, can expect a number of questions from members of the NCOP, from whether any land will be expropriated in terms of the proposed Expropriation Bill, to whether Section 25 of the Constitution will be amended.
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Grant: 'Fewer long-distance minibus taxis on road will reduce peak road deaths'
MEC Donald Grant believes more focus should be placed on getting people who travel long distances over the festive season out of minibus taxis and onto long-distance trains.
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Joburg records 29% decrease in festive season road deaths
According to the City of Johannesburg, the number of accidents also went down by 28% compared to the 2017 festive season.
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1 dead, 17 injured in KZN crash
A truck and a minibus crashed on the R612 between Ixopo and Highflats.
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5,6% increase in festive season road deaths
Minister Blade Nzimande released the preliminary figures in Pretoria on Wednesday, with figures showing an increase in fatalities from this holiday season, compared to the same time last year.
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Corrupt officials partly to blame for road deaths, says Transport Dept
Minister Blade Nzimande released the preliminary figures in Pretoria on Wednesday, with figures showing an increase in fatalities from this holiday season, compared to the same time last year.
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SA festive road season fatalities hit 1,612
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande briefed the media on the festive season road safety report, which covers the period from 1 December 2018 to 8 January 2019.
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Drunk driving 'leading cause' of road fatalities over holidays
More than 1,000 motorists were arrested during this period in Gauteng alone for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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7 more fatalities add to already grim WC festive season road death toll
More than 167 people have died on Western Cape roads since the start of the festive season.
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WC traffic chief expects festive road death toll to rise
Preliminary figures show that 160 lives have been lost on the province's roads between 1 and 31 December.
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Over 150 die on Western Cape roads so far this festive season
Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny Africa says the majority of people killed were pedestrians.
