MEDIA ALERT
| DATE |
18 NOVEMBER 2005 |
| TO |
ALL MEDIA |
| ATTENTION: |
NEWS EDITORS / REPORTERS / PR WIRE |
MEC CELE WILL ATTEND ROAD SAFETY PRAYER DAY IN MEMORY OF 28 KIDS
VICTIMS WHO WERE KILLED IN A HORROR BUS CRASH
Sunday 20 November - Osizweni Stadium in Newcastle at 10 am
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Mr Bheki
Cele will attend Siyabakhumbula Road Prayer Day in memory of 28 children
who were killed a horror bus accident in Newcastle in 1998 and many
other accidents victims in Newcastle and surroundings. The prayer day
will be held on Sunday the 20th of November at Osizweni Stadium in
Newcastle at 10h00 am.
The Department of Transport is mandated to create a safe environment
through the reduction of road crashes by beefing up traffic law
enforcement and pushing forward the message of road safety. The prayer
day will be attended by different churches and different religious
denominations to commemorate the lives of the road accident victims.
It is the Department's intention to consolidate the relationship with
the civil society institutions and in particular to focus on securing
the support of all religious leaders in KwaZulu-Natal to ensure that the
culture of road safety becomes everybody's responsibility.
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