{"id":195475,"date":"2025-04-05T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-passengers-hail-move-to-introduce-breathalysers-at-roadblocks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:49:34","slug":"zimbabwe-passengers-hail-move-to-introduce-breathalysers-at-roadblocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/zimbabwe-passengers-hail-move-to-introduce-breathalysers-at-roadblocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Passengers Hail Move to Introduce Breathalysers At Roadblocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">The Government&#8217;s decision to procure breathalysers for use at roadblocks has been welcomed as a vital step towards reducing road carnage caused by drunk and reckless drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) praised the initiative, describing it as a progressive measure that could significantly enhance road safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">In a statement, PAZ national coordinator Mr Tafadzwa Goliati commended the Government for responding to calls for stricter traffic enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">&#8220;This move is a significant&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202504040198.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Zimbabwe\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/zimbabwe\/\">Zimbabwe<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s decision to procure breathalysers for use at roadblocks has been welcomed as a vital step towards reducing road carnage caused by drunk and reckless drivers. The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) praised the initiative, describing it as a progressive measure that could significantly enhance road safety. In a statement, PAZ national coordinator Mr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":188473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[258,256,51052,17300,12016,4367,257,7833,11047,254,4686,421],"class_list":["post-195475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zimbabwe","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-breathalysers","tag-hail","tag-introduce","tag-move","tag-news","tag-passengers","tag-roadblocks","tag-south-africa-today","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}