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Road deaths in South Africa equivalent to ‘one Marikana tragedy a day’

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Creamer Media Staff Writer
 
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The proposal by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters that commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle mass exceeding 9 000 kg not be allowed to operate on urban roads from 06:00 am to 9:00 am and from 17:00 pm to 20:00 pm from Mondays to Fridays is still under consideration, stated Department of Transport (DoT) director Whity Maphakela. Maphakela was addressing black-owned training and conferencing company Intelligence Transfer Centre’s second yearly Coal Transportation Africa summit, held in Johannesburg in May.
 
 
 
 
 

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