{"id":3047,"date":"2025-06-17T21:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2025-06-17T21:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:18:23","slug":"minister-creecy-and-deputy-minister-hlengwa-led-road-safety-awareness-ahead-of-june-16-long-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/?p=3047","title":{"rendered":"Minister Creecy and Deputy Minister Hlengwa led Road Safety Awareness ahead of June 16 long weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Mkhuleko Hlengwa conducted a road safety awareness in Potchefstroom, on Friday 13 June 2025 &nbsp;ahead of the June 16 long weekend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This effort forms part of the department\u2019s commitment towards #RoadSafety advocacy and education as well as to encourage young people to act responsibly \u2013 not drink and drive and adhere to road safety rules ahead of the Youth Day long weekend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 June 16 public holiday contributed significantly to crashes. Statistics show that last year 231 people died during the June 16 long weekend. This was higher than the year before in 2023 when 156 people had died and still higher than the 147 of 2022 or the 178 lives lost in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250613-WA0087-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250613-WA0087-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250613-WA0087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250613-WA0087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transport.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250613-WA0087-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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