Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele will officially announce the 2009/10 festive season road traffic statistics as well as plans to intensify the Arrive Alive Road Safety campaign, ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, through the rolling traffic law enforcement plan and the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (ARRTO), in order to reduce the carnage on South Africa’s roads.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Venue: Department of Transport, Indaba boardroom, 159 Struben Street, Pretoria
Time: 10h30 for 11h00
Minister Ndebele will also hand over the Torch of Peace to Minister of Basic Education, Ms Angie Motshekga, as part of the Arrive Alive and Safer Schools programmes. The minister will be joined by provincial MECs and senior government officials from the three spheres of government.
All media are invited to attend. Journalists attending must confirm their attendance by no later than 16h00 on Monday, 25 January 2010 with:
Sello Tshipi
Tell: 012 309 3846
Mthunzikazi Mbungwana
Tell: 012 309 3960
Enquiries:
Logan Maistry
Cell: 083 6444 050
Issued by: Department of Transport
21 January 2010
