As South Africa heads towards the busy Easter weekend, traffic officials will be out and about on high alert looking to reduce road fatalities.
Various provinces and the national Department of Transport have launched their policing campaigns for the coming long weekend, looking to clamp down on road abusers over the busy Easter period.
Over 12,000 people die on South Africa’s roads each year – though, positively, this is a reduction from 14,000 deaths in previous years. “We all have the right to life, and no one has the right to threaten and claim that life. Drivers need to adhere to traffic signs and general rules of the road, never drink and drive, and always respect pedestrians,” she said.
During the week of Easter in 2023, the city’s enforcement services made 361 arrests, including 80 for driving under the influence of alcohol, and issued 72 465 fines for various transgressions, it said.
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