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MEC BHEKI CELE LAUNCHES A ROAD SAFETY PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANISED LABOUR AND BUSINESSThe KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport Safety and Security Mr Bheki Cele will be officially launching a road safety partnership tomorrow 10/12/2004 at 7:30am with the leaders of organised labour and business at a breakfast meeting at Durban Manor, 93-96 Victoria Embarkment. The launch of the partnership comes after the realisation both by labour movement and business that road accidents impact negatively in the economy of the province as most of the people who die on roads are workers. Leaders from Cosatu and KwaZulu-Natal Chamber of Business and Durban Chamber of business will also be present at the launch. Today, Cele is attending a memorial service of eight people who were killed on Sunday in a minibus accident in Melmoth. The ceremony will commence at 10am at Umlazi Cinema near Maweleni in "C" section tomorrow 09/12/2004. The accident occurred at Makhosini Valley between Ulundi and Vryheid intersection at 6am as a result of a rear tyre burst, causing the minibus taxi to overturn. Seven passengers including the driver killed instantly. Two passengers later died in hospital, bringing the death toll to nine. The department has ordered a top level investigation into the accident.
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