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Stuff. Averis also believes that the Blandswood Ford near the village was a potential safety hazard for emergency services, road users, walkers and the six resident families. He said there was no footpath for pedestrians who were forced to walk on the tar seal road. Another problem was there were no while lines painted in the middle of the road, Averis said. “We have lots of tourists [domestic] and it’s only a matter of time before someone gets clipped.” He was disappointed the Timaru District Council Road Safety co-ordinator Daniel Naude and board chairman Wayne O’Donnell, along...

Nelson Mandela famously said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you speak to him in his own language that goes to his heart.” In a country with 11 official languages and countless other unofficial languages people are often forced to live in a world where they find themselves perpetually lost in translation.  An exhibition at the Standard Bank Art Gallery in Johannesburg, Photographs in Our Mother Tongue, curated by Same Mdluli, showcases the works of more than two dozen prominent South African photographers from the bank’s corporate collect...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Emily Gilbert almost came a cropper on her Yamaha V-Star 650 but attributes participating in a road safety course to saving her. If it had not been for a motorbike safety riding course Emily Gilbert believes she would have been a goner. The Timaru woman says lessons of riding in a staggered formation when in a large bunch and being aware of her surroundings a few months previously, meant she had slowed well in advance for the turn off State Highway 1 towards Waimate recently. “I knew I had other riders close behind me, I looked in my mirror and realised the bike behind w...

Naude, who supplied Stuff with video footage taken in June 2020 showing vehicles failing to stop for pedestrians, said inconsiderate motorists were an ongoing problem. “The issue is drivers are getting confused and not stopping.” “People are just not stopping...” Naude said there had been too many close calls. “I went out the other morning with the Timaru South School principal. We stood at the crossing ready to cross and three cars ignored us. “People are just not stopping and the rules are clear, if you see someone about to step out on to a crossing you have a responsibil...

“Also, if we’re teaching the children from a young age the rules as drivers, they will know when they're older.” Guthrie said the school is taking part in Project Zebra – a community initiative aimed at educating children and motorists about the rules around pedestrian crossings – this week to help expand its own road safety campaign. Project mascot Zephyr the Zebra has been helping pupils over the Grants Rd pedestrian crossing while they carry signs which read ‘earn your stripes’ or 'cross at the zebra’ as part of the high-visibility safe crossing initiative. Bejon Haswell...