Traffic
Mamabolo commends the public for no major incidents on Gauteng roads
As the holidays end and people return to work, road blocks have been set up on the province’s major routes, with no major incidents reported yet.
The City of Cape Town said it had been collating data for the N1, N2, N7 and M5 freeways since the start of the COVID-19 shutdown.
However, the utility said it hadn’t given up on the plan, which was aimed at easing severe congestion on the roads between 6am and 9am and then again between 4pm and 6pm.
As a result, one lane is open to traffic.
Sleeplessness is also costing the economy dearly, with one medical aid reporting payouts amounting to R22 billion to sleep deprived citizens.
In Johannesburg, the Metro Police Department says operations are in place to monitor traffic,
There has been traffic chaos on the M2 east highway in Johannesburg as commuters search for what they said was gold, spilled from a truck.
The Limpopo Roads Department says the port between Zimbabwe and South Africa is at its busiest at this time of year but says officials remain vigilant.
Pauline du Paty, the managing director of JumpIn Rides, chats about their solution to traffic congestion in SA.
Motorists are frustrated because of the coal protest by truck drivers who engaged in a go-slow on the N1 North towards Pretoria.
A truck transporting chicken stock shed its load in Alexandra on the N3 North.
Officials also issued fines worth over R260,000 have been issued.
Carpool Week kicks off on 3 October until 9 October and is set to encourage South Africans to rethink their travel choices and to raise awareness around the environmental benefits.
Cape Town's City Council is proposing flexi time, staggered shifts and compromised work weeks for its employees.
Vehicles transporting ZCC congregants are headed to the church’s September conference in Limpopo.
Traffic is backed up, with the accident affecting three lanes on a stretch of the highway.
The next phase of the M1 highway project affects traffic from Alexandra & Midrand coming into Sandton.
The highway has been closed in both directions just after the Zambezi off ramp north of Pretoria.
Labour lawyer Michael Bagraim chats to 702’s John Robbie about traffic congestion and its impact on worker well-being.