Johannesburg public safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku has warned there will be a zero tolerance approach to drunk driving as the Easter weekend approaches.
Tshwaku urged residents to refrain from performing baptism rituals in rivers and streams to avoid drownings.
EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi advised churchgoers to stay away from river baptisms, warning of the cholera outbreak. “Let's refrain from conducting baptism rituals at the river to stop the outbreak of cholera while also preventing drowning incidents,”Last year, more than 16 people died on roads in the province over the Easter weekend. Eight were pedestrians.
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