As part of the proceedings, MEC Ndebele will open a R2.8 million bridge, known as Mnweni River Bridge. The Bridge will provide a link and access to a million people with the following key institutions: 

• Clinic at Olivershoek

• Emaosi Hospital

• Gqomu Police Station, and

• Surrounding schools

Details of the Imbizo’s are as follows: 

Thursday, 18 December 2003, at Bergville, Somtseu Primary School, at 10h00.
Friday, 19 December 2003, at KwaMbonambi, Dondotha Sports Fields, at 10h00.

The website has been divided into four sections: the childhood years; the young adult years; the senior years and a general section. It covers subjects such as teaching children road safety, road rage, vehicle hijacking and what older drivers should know. It is a sound base of knowledge that teachers and parents can also use to help develop sound road sense in children.

The website will be officially launched by Minister S'bu Ndebele, MEC for Transport in KwaZulu-Natal, as part of the Department's 2003/2004 Summer Holiday Road Safety Programme.

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The two-day competition, arranged by the National Department of Transport in partnership with the private sector, will take place on Thursday and Friday at the Kings Park Soccer Stadium in Durban where 72 participants representing all nine provinces will compete. Drivers of heavy motor vehicles, including buses have a chance to showcase their finest, safest driving skills and road safety knowledge during the National Driver of the Year Competition.

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Mr S'bu Ndebele will deliver the keynote address. This initiative forms part of the KZN Transport Department's mass mobilisation plan to spread the gospel of road safety in order to reduce the number of road deaths on the province's roads. This programme is derived from past road safety campaigns such as Siyabakhumbula ("We Remember Them") which was held during 1997 and proved highly effective. As part of the Inter-faith Road Safety Programme, the Department in conjunction with religious leaders from various faiths will be ensuring that the road safety message goes right down to grassroots level. Part of the programme will also include prayer meetings at high-accident frequency locations.

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3rd Annual Inter-provincial Traffic Policing Conference
7-11 September 2003

The aim of this competition is to encourage heavy motor vehicle drivers to accept greater responsibility for road safety, to improve their standard of driving and to create positive spin-offs for the companies who trust their drivers with these valuable assets. It is also to reward companies that have allowed their drivers to participate in the road safety programmes of the Transport Department. Winners of the provincial leg will be entered into the national competition which will be held in KZN during the end of October.

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The objectives of the Cultural Day include creating an opportunity to discover, understand and learn from each other's different lifestyles as well as creating mutual understanding and promoting a culture of tolerance for each other's differences.

Also to be launched is the Zibambele musical CD by well-known artists Makitaza and Vusi Ximba. The CD is another mechanism for communicating the Zibambele Programme and other transport messages to the public.

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Road Safety Plans for the forthcoming Easter holidays will be presented at this event.

Zibambele is one of the Department’s flagship programmes and the media will be informed of the impact on poverty alleviation that this programme has brought to thousands of rural households. Transport to this event will be provided.

KZN Transport MEC, Mr S’bu Ndebele will furnish details as well as progress on the department’s programmes in the past financial year as well as plans for the current financial year.

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Approximately R1 million will be spent on the upgrading of this road which is situated in the Ugu District on the KZN South Coast in order to provide much needed access to the residents of this area. MEC Ndebele will perform the sod turning.

The purpose of this event is to furnish details as well as progress on the department’s initiatives in combating fraud and corruption at all vehicle and licensing centres in the province. KZN MEC for Transport, Mr S’bu Ndebele and senior officials of the Department will be on hand to answer questions from the media.

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The Edendale Road in Pietermaritzburg is one of the most dangerous roads in KwaZulu-Natal. During March 2002 a survey was conducted on the Situational and Perception Analysis of Accidents and Road Safety on the Edendale Road by the University of Natal Interdisciplinary Accident Research Centre (UNIARC) and several recommendations were made. To this end the KZN Department of Transport has implemented several of the recommendations.

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