Nearly 450 people have already died on South Africa’s roads this month while 2,000 drunk drivers have been arrested, according to the department of transport. According to preliminary reports, 444 deaths (126 drivers, 184 passengers and 130 pedestrians) were recorded on South Africa’s roads as a result of 335 fatal crashes, for the period 1 [...]

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A total of 186 people have died in road accidents during December thus far, the transport department said on Sunday. “According to preliminary figures, 186 people – comprising 58 drivers, 75 passengers and 53 pedestrians – died on South Africa’s roads from 1 to 11 December 2009,” the department said in a statement. On Friday [...]

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