{"id":57504,"date":"2026-10-15T04:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/deputy-minister-of-transport-mkhuleko-hlengwa-addressed-the-buscor-road-safety-and-driver-wellness-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T04:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:15:04","slug":"deputy-minister-of-transport-mkhuleko-hlengwa-addressed-the-buscor-road-safety-and-driver-wellness-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/deputy-minister-of-transport-mkhuleko-hlengwa-addressed-the-buscor-road-safety-and-driver-wellness-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister of Transport, Mkhuleko Hlengwa addressed the Buscor Road Safety and Driver Wellness Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister of Transport, Mkhuleko Hlengwa addressing the Buscor Road Safety and Driver Wellness Initiative  <\/p>\n<p>Acknowledge Buscor&#039;s significant contribution to public transport services and economic development in Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, Road safety remains one of Government&#039;s key priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Recent road safety data shows encouraging progress but also highlights the scale of the challenge that remains. From 1 January to 4 October 2026, South Africa recorded 7 635 road fatalities, representing a 9% reduction (760 fewer lives lost) compared to the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In Mpumalanga, fatalities declined from 870 to 761, a reduction of 13%, exceeding the national target for the province.<\/p>\n<p>Pedestrian safety remains a major concern nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Although pedestrian fatalities decreased by 18%, from 3 890 to 3 196, pedestrians still account for approximately 42% of all road deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Human behaviour continues to be the leading cause of serious crashes, contributing&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78862&#038;page=deputy-minister-of-transport-mkhuleko-hlengwa-addressed-the-buscor-road-safety-and-driver-wellness-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister of Transport, Mkhuleko Hlengwa addressing the Buscor Road Safety and Driver Wellness Initiative Acknowledge Buscor&#039;s significant contribution to public transport services and economic development in Mpumalanga. Importantly, Road safety remains one of Government&#039;s key priorities. Recent road safety data shows encouraging progress but also highlights the scale of the challenge that remains. From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57505,"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\/847884707_1375660415628561_589126578035575110_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-57504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-mpumalanga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/847884707_1375660415628561_589126578035575110_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57504","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=57504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}