Festive season road fatality stats to be released

NATIONAL NEWS: Kaveel Singh from News24 reported that transport Minister Dipuo Peters is expected to release the 2016/17 festive season road crash and fatality figuresToday, her department said.

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South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters (L), Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies (R) take part in a press conference prior to the signing of energy partnership agreements at the French Economy, Finance and Industry ministry in Paris on March 2, 2011. France supplied South Africa with its only nuclear power plant, in Koeberg, and alongside South African President Jacob Zuma state visit in Paris, France state-owned energy giant Areva is keen to supply two of its new generation EPR plants to plug South Africa's yawning electricity gap. AFP PHOTO ERIC PIERMONT

NATIONAL NEWS: Kaveel Singh from News24 reported that transport Minister Dipuo Peters is expected to release the 2016/17 festive season road crash and fatality figuresToday, her department said.

MECs for community safety and transport, non-governmental organisations focusing on public transport, youth road safety forums, and traffic police were expected at the briefing in Midrand. In the past two years, festive season fatalities on South Africa’s roads had increased. Peters said between December 1 2015 and January 11, 2016 there were 1 387 fatal crashes, an 11% increase compared to the 2014 festive season.

Energy Minister Dipuo Peters. (AFP)

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Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.