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The Western Cape Government expresses cautious optimism as road-related fatalities decline during the 2025 Easter weekend. With another long weekend approaching, officials urge road users to prioritise safety and make responsible choices.
Significant delays on the R24 and N3 highways as metro police officers demand salary increases and block traffic in protest.
Mpumalanga police are investigating a culpable homicide case after a traffic officer was fatally struck by a taxi during a speed enforcement operation.
The deputy police provincial commissioner in Limpopo, Major General Jan Scheepers said alcohol is the leading contributor to various crimes in the province.
Road users are urged to be more aware of how they handle themselves on the road
Over the past four weeks at least five motorists with 197 outstanding warrants among them valued at over half a million have been arrested.
Thousands of people are calling on the court to deny bail to the suspects in Joshlin Smith’s trafficking case.
The arrests of drunk drivers totalled 75% of arrests made.
Transport Minister Sindi Chikunga has slammed South Africa’s drinking culture while releasing the preliminary report on the 2023/24 Festive Season Safety Campaign at the N1 Grasmere toll plaza.
Fourteen of the recorded deaths were those of pedestrians, accounting for two-thirds of all traffic fatalities.
A total of 322 arrests were made of which 226 people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, 25 for reckless and negligent driving, 41 for possession of fraudulent documentation, and 11 for overloading goods.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has conferred Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s crime prevention wardens, which are also known as amaPanyaza, with the same legal status as the Gauteng provincial traffic officers.
The Winnie Mandela Drive shooting, which caused major traffic delays around the Bryanston and N1 areas on Thursday, has been linked to a potential dispute in the minibus taxi industry.
The Winnie Mandela Drive off-ramp, formerly William Nicol Drive, has been closed to traffic due to a deadly shooting.
The family of the two Mitchells Plain sisters, aged 6 and 2, who lost their lives in a tragic accident have vented their frustration after the case was postponed again.
The Gauteng Education MEC has expressed shock after two Grade 1 pupils from a Soweto primary school died after allegedly eating biscuits and drinking juice purchased at a local foreign-run spaza shop.
A driver, who racked up over R100,000 in outstanding warrants, has been arrested in Kuils River.
One of Cape Town’s most wanted motorists, who was number 92 on the Traffic Services’ list of the most wanted 100 motorists, has been arrested.
Iran’s judiciary said it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighbouring countries for prostitution. It said Shahrooz Sakhnoori was the leader of an ‘escort and trafficking network’ of Iranian women and girls.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency has expressed concern over the alarming increase in the theft and vandalism of traffic signals in the City.
EFF supporters who blocked the N1 highway towards Pretoria on Thursday as they protested the release of Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus, say the decision to release the Polish murderer must be reversed.
Speeding was allegedly the main factor that killed Famous Brands executive, Andre Piehl. A report revealed that the driver would have had time to stop if he was adhering to the speed limit.
A Gauteng motorist cheekily pointed out that while a JMPD officer was handing him a ticket for an expired disc, the JMPD vehicle also had discs that had expired in 2020.
Authorities said the deceased are two men and a woman, while two other passengers were seriously injured and rushed to nearby KwaMhlanga Hospital.
The taxi driver caught on video deliberately bumping a traffic warden in Durban on Monday has been brought up on five charges, metro police confirmed.