October is Public Transport Month. The Road
Traffic Management Corporation in collaboration with Mpumalanga
The Debates initiated in
2004 after the road crash statistics showed that at least 40% of fatalities
involved young people aged between 0-25. Road Safety
Debates is therefore dedicated to young road users who travel the roads as
pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, novice drivers and passengers.
Meanwhile the PET is aimed
at changing learners’ attitudes towards road safety issues, by means of
participatory education. It also encourages learners to identify road safety
challenges in their own communities and to find solutions by ways of research
to the problem thereby providing them with a hands-on opportunity in resolving
those challenges. These are projects undertaken in response to the United
Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety objectives to reduce road deaths by
50% in 2020.
The
competitions will run from 7 to 10 October 2014 with a prize giving and awards
ceremony taking place on 10 October 2014.
The gala
dinner will take place on Friday 10 October 2014 at Nutting House Lodge at
Mbombela.
The National Transport Minister, Ms. Dipuo Peters,
Deputy Transport Minister, Ms. Sindisiwe Chikunga, Mpumalanga MEC for Community
Safety, Security and Liaison Mr. Vusi
Shongwe and the RTMC CEO, Advocate Makhosini Msibi will grace the event.
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