KZN Transport to work with churches on Easter road deaths
The KZN Department of Transport says it will be working with church leaders and inter-faith organisations in a bid to reduce the carnage on the roads during Easter.
Last month, nine members of the Twelve Apostles Church in Trinity were killed in a bus crash on the N2 near Shakaskraal.
On Sunday, 22 IFP members were injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned on the R34 near Vryheid.
KZN Transport MEC Siboniso Duma joined a roadblock at the Marriannhill Toll Plaza and spoke to reporters.
“ For me, there are three major factors. One is the visibility of RTI because the reality is that if you have seen the RTI on the road for the next hour, you'll be cautious.
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“Two, the joint operation with all the metros, with all the traffic officers whenever we operate. So I think there is always almost all the vehicles going to visit different depots in the station.”
He said that no vehicle carrying Christians during the Passover weekend should be unroadworthy or unsafe.
