New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Traffic officer's arrest speedster during tolerance approach 25 November 2009 Provincial traffic officers arrested a speeding driver in Beaufort West at 15h00 on Monday when he drove his BMW vehicle at 140 kilometres per hour in a 60 kilometre per hour speed zone. `This is reckless and such offences will be dealt with in the harshest sense," says the Minister of Community Safety,...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
By Kim Saulse 26 November 2009 Traffic officers arrested a speeding driver in Beaufort West in the Karoo after he drove his BMW at 140-kilometres per hour in a 60 kilometers speed zone. Community Safety MEC Lennit Max says the 42 year old Cape Town man was fined R4 000. Max warns that any driver caught speeding will be treated likewise. He added that no fine can repay the injuries and...
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
A motorist caught speeding in Beaufort West at 3pm yesterday at more than twice the limit - 140km/h in a 60km/h zone - was arrested by provincial traffic officers.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Western Cape government has rejected claims that it does not care about the 3 000 De Doorns refugees who fled during a surge of xenophobia.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Talks were continuing over the reintegration of the foreigners into the local community, Leonardo Goosen said.A task team was trying to talk to as many role-players as possible, and would meet community leaders on Monday, he said.Meanwhile, the Western Cape government has rejected claims it does not care about the 3 000-odd refugees.Premier Helen Zille's spokesperson Robert Macdonald said refugee...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale had put one of his private jets on standby for his hospitalised deputy, Zoe Kota-Fredericks, his office said on Thursday.Kota-Fredericks was seriously injured in a head-on collision 20km from Leeu-Gamka near Beaufort West on November 1.Sexwale's special advisor Chris Vick said her condition had improved slightly since the accident, but she remains...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By Khanyisa Tabata 02 November 2009 A taxi accident in the Karoo has claimed 10 lives. A taxi and a 22-seater vehicle collided head-on on the R-61 between Beaufort West and Aberdeen early this morning. Eight people died on the scene, and the other two passed away while being taken to hospital. Arrive Alive’s Tshepo Machaea says most of the victims had been in the taxi. Fifteen injured...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By Khanyisa Tabata 02 November 2009 Deputy Human Settlements Minister Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks has been injured in a road accident in which two people died. Western Cape traffic officials say her Mercedes Benz collided with a Corsa bakkie in which the other two victims had been travelling. The accident happened yesterday afternoon on the N-1 between Beaufort West and Leeu-Gamka....
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By Michelle JonesA family spokesman for Deputy Human Settlements Minister Zoe Kota-Fredericks has been unable to explain why she and her driver where transferred from a state to private hospital 200km away, after both sustained just minor injuries in a fatal head-on collision.Asked why the pair had been transferred from the state's Beaufort West Hospital to the private George Medi-Clinic,...
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
South Africa's Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Zoe Kota-Fredericks, was involved in a car crash on the notorious N1 stretch between Leeu-Gamka and Beaufort West.
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The "hell run" between Beaufort West and Touws River as well as the notorious West Coast Road could be made safer when new speed-test technology is introduced.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Deputy Human Settlements Minister Zoe Kota-Fredericks's condition has improved since she was hospitalised following a fatal head-on collision on Sunday on a notorious stretch of the N1 near Beaufort West which claimed two lives.The two, a father and a son were in a bakkie while Kota-Fredericks and her driver were in her luxury German sedan. The two vehicles collided head-on, according...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Human Settlements deputy minister Zoe Kota-Fredericks is in a stable condition following a car accident on the N1 near Leeu Gamka, Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Monday."So far she's stable, she's fine, she's not on the danger list," Sexwale told reporters in Pretoria.Earlier Western Cape police Captain Dawid de Klerk said Kota-Fredericks and her driver were driving south on the N1 on Sunday...
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
64 Municipalities on a distress list? Here is the list. Inkwanca Emalahleni EC Sakhisizwe Elundini Kopanong Mohokare Naledi Masilonyana Tokologo Tswelopele Nala Maluti-a-Phofung Phumelela Ngwathe Westonaria Umdoni eDumbe Jozini Mbonambi Albert Luthuli Thaba Chweu Umjindi Bushbuckridge Richtersveld Hantam Emthanjeni Kareeberg Renosterberg Siyathemba Siyancuma !Kai! Garib Tsantsabane Dikgatlong...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Ten people, including a 2-year-old girl, died on Western Cape roads this weekend.
