For the last 18 years, the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (AARTO) points demerit system has been delayed due to various reasons, including a pending feasibility study and assessment of technological requirements. In April 2016, Chief Operating Officer of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) Thabo Tsholetane […]
Two men were injured, one seriously, after a truck rear-ended a taxi on the M13 near the N3 split in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal, this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 09h07 and found a medium-sized truck on the left side of the road against a small tree. A […]
Five people have been injured this evening after a truck collided with seven other vehicles after an alleged brake failure on the N1 South just before the Rivonia offramp, in Sunninghill – north of Johannesburg. At 17:53 EMER-G-MED’s RV6, M06, M07, A02 and A03 as well as various other services […]
In the early hours of this morning EMER-G-MED’s M05, V02, A07 and A08 were dispatched to reports of a mass casualty incident on the corners of Old Johannesburg Road and Lenchen Road, in Centurion. It’s believed that a truck’s tyre came off and collided with the taxi, leaving the taxi […]
One person has been killed and three others have sustained moderate to minor injuries after a truck collided with a light motor vehicle on the N3 in Durban. The exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment. Netcare911 paramedics worked alongside […]
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mr. Mxolisi Kaunda, has noted and welcomed the bold intentions by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to charge the owner of a truck company that was involved in the deadly Fields Hill (M13) accident, which killed 24 people on the 5th […]
Eleven people have been injured after a Train collided with a truck trailer in Northdene near Pinetown around 1pm today. Rescue Care Paramedics responded to Fairfield Road in Northdene for a accident involving a train. On arrival Paramedics found that a train had collided with the trailer of a truck. […]
Three people have been injured after a truck overturned on the M7 near the N3 in Farningham Ridge, Pinetown, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Reports from the scene indicate that the three sustained moderate to minor injuries. The exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation […]
Three people including a pedestrian have been killed after a truck collided with a light motor vehicle on the R510 about 2 kilometres from Northam in Limpopo. Reports from the scene indicate that the truck driver hit a pedestrian and then collided head-on with a light motor vehicle. The exact […]
June 15, 2016: Thousands of suffering animals in the drought-stricken town of Pomfret in the Kalahari region have been rescued from their desperate plight by a joint mission spearheaded by Barloworld Transport and Meadow Feeds. The two companies joined forces to help the National Council of SPCAs (NCSPA), which appealed […]
