Fikile mbalula
Pedestrians made up 35% of Easter weekend road fatalities
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula released the Easter weekend road statistics at the Grasmere toll plaza on 8 April 2021. #ArriveAlive #Roadstats
-
Mbalula concerned as pedestrians account for 35% of Easter road deaths
Two hundred and thirty-five people were killed over the Easter long weekend and pedestrians accounted for 35% of the fatalities.
-
235 fatalities, over 30k fines issued on SA roads over Easter holidays
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced the 2021 Easter road safety statistics on 8 April. He compared this year's statistics with the 2019 road fatalities figures due to the hard lockdown restrictions that were imposed in the country last year.
-
Mbalula: Travellers departing on domestic flights dropped by 62% in 2020
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula quoted these figures while addressing a South African Civil Aviation Authority virtual conference earlier this morning.
-
PP calls for consistency in condemning politicians attacking Chapter 9 heads
Busisiwe Mkhwebane's office confirmed on Monday night that she's laid a formal complaint of crimen injuria against Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula.
-
Mbalula slams reports of new Prasa CEO being too old as ‘sensationalist’
Mbalula's response comes after a report by investigative group GroundUp stated that Zolani Matthews' appointment is against the company's age policy.
-
Fikile Mbalula defends Zolani Matthews' appointment as Prasa CEO
Minister Mbalula said due process was followed when the appointment was made.
-
Transport MEC Mamabolo: Gauteng over-tolled, can’t sustain system
Last month, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula told MPs during the debate on the State of the Nation Address that government will finalise the e-tolls issue by the end of the financial year.
-
Prasa: Zolani Matthews' appointment as CEO signals new chapter
This week, cabinet approved the appointment of Zolani Matthews who will be at the helm of Prasa.
-
Mbalula: Minibus fatal crashes dropped from 11.1% to 8.2% over festive season
But 1,448 people still lost their lives on our roads.
-
SA records a decline in road fatalities over festive season
On 22 January 2021, Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula released the statistics for road fatalities over the festive season, reporting there had been a decline in deaths compared to previous years.
-
Mbalula: Out with the 0.5% and in with the 0% alcohol law this year
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said the number of fatalities on the roads this festive season saw a decline of 7% with 1,448 deaths recorded.
-
Mbalula remembers Bheki Ntuli: ‘He was a servant for the people’
Those who were part of the small service on Thursday paid glowing tributes to him.
-
Mbalula: SACAA issued notice to airlines over new curfew
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has urged travellers to check the revised travel schedules, which are impacted by the new curfew of 9 pm to 6 am.
-
Mbalula says authorities to enforce curfew to stop carnage on the roads
The minister on Tuesday released the Transport Department’s 2020 festive season preliminary road statistics, saying there was a decline in road fatalities in six provinces in the past 20 days.
-
690 people died on SA’s roads since December started - Mbalula
The Department of Transport has set a target to ensure a 20% decline in fatalities this festive season.
-
Mbalula announces grace period for driver’s licences that expired from 26 March
Transport Department spokesperson Ayanda Allie-Paine said: “There was a flurry of people trying to renew their documentation and we also had a stop-start phenomenon because whenever there was a positive case, we’d have to shut down operations.”
-
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.
-
Mbalula vows transport sector won't 'enable' festive season COVID-19 spike
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula unveiled the festive season campaign for safer roads in the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
