Page 18 - Daylin Mitchell News Today

Fines to the tune of more than R10 million were issued to road users in the Western Cape since the start of the festive season.

Offences ranged from reckless drivers, unroadworthy vehicles and speeding.

EIGHT people have died in an accident that happened near Beaufort West in Western Cape earlier on Monday, 20 December.

The head-on collision between a taxi and a car occurred 30km from the Karoo town on Monday.

Eight people died on Monday morning after two vehicles collided and burst into flames on the N1 outside Beaufort West.

A sea of blue engulfed the parade ground at Gene Louw Traffic College on Monday when 87 new traffic officers graduated to be deployed at traffic centres across the province, ahead of the festive season.

Eighty-seven newly graduated traffic officers have been deployed in the Western Cape over the festive season, the provincial government says.

On Monday, Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell launched the Festive Season Safety Plan for the Western Cape. At the event, 86 student traffic officers graduated and will be deployed across the province.

Western Cape transport MEC Daylin Mitchell has urged the National Prosecuting Authority to speed up the prosecution of minibus taxi operators charged with extortion.

The closure of the B97 minibus taxi route between Bellville and Mbekweni has been extended for a second time by the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works.