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[WATCH] Lim Transport Dept launch Transport Month with street carnival

The event was held at the Polokwane Cricket Club.

POLOKWANE – October is Transport Month and the Limpopo Department of Transport launched it in style with a street carnival.

The procession began at SABC Park and moved through to the Polokwane Cricket Club.

Speaking at the event, the MEC Makoma Makhurupetje said this year’s launch of transport month takes place after a series of horrendous bus accidents that claimed a total of 20 lives on the N1 road.

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“The lesson we have learned from this sad episode is that we have the means and capabilities of handling unforeseen eventualities such as fatal road accidents and other natural disasters. We want all our officers to keep this momentum high,” she said.

October Transport month is an annual campaign of our government that was first launched in 2005. This campaign seeks to raise awareness on the important role transport plays in comunities around South Africa.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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