{"id":41702,"date":"2025-12-04T18:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/engagement-with-motorists-during-the-festive-season-road-safety-campaign-launch-in-limpopo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:07:06","slug":"engagement-with-motorists-during-the-festive-season-road-safety-campaign-launch-in-limpopo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/engagement-with-motorists-during-the-festive-season-road-safety-campaign-launch-in-limpopo\/","title":{"rendered":"Engagement with motorists during the Festive Season Road-Safety Campaign launch in Limpopo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety, Mr Stephen Matjena, took to the roads this week to speak directly with motorists as part of the province&rsquo;s Festive Season Road-Safety Campaign launch. Dressed in high-visibility safety gear, he stopped drivers at a roadblock to share key safety messages &ndash; obey speed limits, wear seatbelts, never drink and drive, keep vehicles road-worthy and practice patience.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Matjena warned that the festive season traditionally sees a spike in traffic volume and road incidents, making proactive education essential. &ldquo;Road safety is a shared responsibility. We call on all motorists to make smart decisions, respect the rules of the road, and arrive alive this festive season,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Department will maintain intensified law-enforcement, road-safety activations and community-awareness programmes throughout the holidays. Motorists are urged to cooperate with officials and help create safer roads for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>#LimpopoRoadSafety&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75538&#038;page=engagement-with-motorists-during-the-festive-season-road-safety-campaign-launch-in-limpopo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head of the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety, Mr Stephen Matjena, took to the roads this week to speak directly with motorists as part of the province&rsquo;s Festive Season Road-Safety Campaign launch. Dressed in high-visibility safety gear, he stopped drivers at a roadblock to share key safety messages &ndash; obey speed limits, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/594417636_1348264014008038_2842506413155547605_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[339],"class_list":["post-41702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-limpopo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/594417636_1348264014008038_2842506413155547605_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}