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Easter travel: Tips to ensure you get to your destination safely

As South Africa approaches the 2025 Easter weekend, alarming statistics reveal a 32. 9% increase in road fatalities.

Motoring
IOL Reporter|Published

Is the K53 test still up to the task of testing driving skills in 2025?

With South Africa's roads claiming around 12,000 lives annually, calls are being made to reassess the K53 driving licence test. IOL asked three driving experts to weigh in on the matter.

Motoring Industry News
Jason Woosey|Published

Watch VideoSouth Africa's reckless driving culture: What is fuelling the lawlessness?

Criminology Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout explains why South Africans routinely ignore road rules, from the normalisation of traffic violations to corruption and inadequate law enforcement. What will it take to change this lethal culture of lawlessness on our roads?

Motoring Opinion
Willem van de Putte|Published