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3 injured in Kwa-Pata minibus collision |
16 May 2012
Three people sustained some injuries this morning following a collision between a minibus taxi and a light passenger vehicle in the informal settlement of Kwa-Pata.
The cause of the collision is unclear at this stage, but a minibus taxi had collided into the side of the passenger vehicle. When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene that identified three occupants in the light passenger vehicle to be in need of medical attention.
Two of the passengers, a boy aged...
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Motorcyclist airlifted off R44 Rooi-Els |
16 May 2012
One man sustained serious injuries this afternoon following an incident on Clarence drive, R44, near Rooi-Els.
The cause of the incident is unclear at this stage, but a male motorcyclist, aged 52, was driving on the road when he allegedly swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle. The man then fell off the bike before being driven over by the passenger vehicle.
Paramedics from the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health: Emergency Medical Services who arrived at the scene promptly dispatched the ER24 Discovery Medicopter to the scene.
Paramedics treated the man ...
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Sanral won't appeal decision on halting of e-toll according to reports |
15 May 2012
The SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) will not appeal against the temporary court order halting e-tolling, it was reported on Tuesday.
This has emerged from a letter from Sanral's lawyers, Beeld newspaper reported.
Pieter Conradie, lawyer for the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance, said on Monday he had thus far not received any notification that requests to lodge an appeal had been handed in.
Judge Bill Prinsloo issued a court order on April 28 in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria against the rollout of the e-tolling system in Gauteng.
The order pr...
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Minister Ndebele on SA Roadlink bus crash |
16 May 2012
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has conveyed condolences to the families of those killed in a road crash involving a SA Roadlink bus in the Free State this morning (16 May).
According to Free State traffic authorities, five people were killed when the SA Roadlink bus they were travelling in overturned on the N1, 30km from Gariep, towards Bloemfontein at about 4.45am today. The bus was carrying 28 passengers.
“We want to convey condolences to the families of those killed in the road crash in the Free State this morning (16 May), and wish the injured a speedy recovery. The South African Police, in conjunction w...
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