Media Alert: Interventions to Curb Road Deaths Over the Past Festive Season

On 3 March 2015, Minister of Transport and Public Works Donald Grant and Provincial Traffic Chief Kenny Africa will be briefing the media on the festive season’s joint enforcement and road safety efforts as well as the road death toll for that period. The festive season spanned from 1 December 2014 until 31 January 2015.

The Minister and the Traffic Chief will be:

• Releasing the road death figures for December 2014/January 2015 for the Western Cape, as well as figures relating to the past 5 years;
• Releasing Provincial Traffic enforcement statistics for the festive season; and
• Speaking about some of the various Safely Home activities and campaigns rolled out over this period to improve road safety in the province.

All media are invited and welcome to attend. There will be opportunity for interviews and photographs.

Venue: Ministry of Transport and Public Works, 8^th Floor, 9 Dorp Street, Cape Town
Time: 14:00
Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2015