Farm owners
urged to transport workers safely
By BRIAN
KAJENGO
Mpumalanga Community
Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe urged farm owners in the province
to ensure that they safely transport their workers to avoid exposing them to
road accidents.
Shongwe’s comments
follows an incident where a truck that was transporting farm workers who are believed
to be working in one of the sugar cane farms,
lost control and overturned on R571 Road between Komatipoort and
Koppersdal. The accident happened today (26 March 2014) around 05h00. Three people
were seriously injured while 57 of the passengers sustained slight injuries.
The MEC Vusi Shongwe said:
“we do not want a repeat of what happened two years ago when a train collided
with a truck near Malelane killing twenty four people who were at the time
being transported to work in one of the farms near Hectorspruit. Farm owners
need to ensure that their workers are transported in road worthy vehicles and
by people who are fit and proper to drive.”
He has also called on
drivers to obey traffic rules whether in rural or urban areas and to also ensure
that they drive with great caution. He said those who will be found overloading
or are infringing on any laws governing the roads would be harshly dealt with.
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