Tau Rapulana raises Bodibe village to Road Safety National Map Road Safety Awareness and ingenuity of a team of Grade 10 to 11 learners from Tau Rapulana Secondary School in Bodibe village has won them a place in the National Participatory Education Techniques (PET) Road Safety Competition. The team of learners are to represent the North West Province at the competition to be held at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg as from 1 to 2 December 2010.
The team from Ditsobotla Local Municipality were crowned the overall winners and won a whooping R6 500 in the provincial PET held last Friday in Rustenburg.
Their model and presentation highlights the absence of road traffic signs, road marking, sidewalks, spending and stray animals as major causes of road accidents on D 320 road that passes through their village.
They proposed construction of sidewalks along the road, resealing of potholes, improved signage signs and road markings, construction of speed humps and pedestrian crossings. Intensified road safety education campaign, training and provision of school safety patrol equipment were also proposed as necessary interventions to safe lives.
The best model depicting road safety hazards and proposed solutions to address them based on real life experiences was won by Michael Modisakeng High School from Majakaneng (Madibeng Local Municipality). The school won R5 300 for the second position.
The R4 200 third position was won by Boitshoko Secondary School in Ikageng (Tlokwe Local Municipality). Janjo High school from Gopane village (Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality) and Kismet High School from Vryburg (Naledi Local Municipality) received R2 000 each and certificates of participation for the fourth and fifth places respectively. All learners who participated in the competition received dictionaries and memory sticks.
North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa in his speech encouraged learners to pursue studies in engineering and town planning in order to address the apartheid legacy of poor infrastructure provision and spatial planning. MEC Yawa called upon sector departments, civil society and the business sector to take action to galvanise support for the global campaign for road safety by insisting on responsible driver behaviour from employees and public transport providers. Yawa called upon the sectors to emulate the valued contribution of Anglo Platinum’s Community Safety Programme by supporting as well as adopting our programmes and campaigns aimed at deepening road safety awareness within our communities.
“We reiterate the call by International Marketing Council and the Ministry of Basic Education for members of the public, parents, peers, corporate organisations, professional bodies and various institutions to adopt Blazer Fridays and support the Class of 2010 Project by volunteering time and skills to help learners succeed in their studies.
As our children, you are our future, our future researchers, our future engineers, our future town planners, and responsible drivers,” he concluded.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele
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