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Safety first ahead of long weekend

Barend Williams

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23 Apr 2025

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Helderberg FM hosted a Drive Smart road-safety campaign. Credit: Barend Williams

Helderberg FM hosted a Drive Smart road-safety campaign ahead of the Easter weekend. Between 12:00 and 18:00 on Thursday 17 April personnel from ER24, GB Med Rescue, the City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service and Traffic Service set up camp on the corner of Broadway Boulevard and Da Gama Street in Strand for increased visibility. Helderberg FM's station manager, Lorna van Pletzen, said the purpose of the campaign was to raise awareness of safety and give locals the opportunity to safety, security and emergency personnel in action. It also gave passersby the opportunity to engage with participating representatives stationed on site. The joint operation saw representative of the various entities rub shoulders, including (from left) Sphosethu Xaso (Traffic Services), Amandla Desile (Fire and Rescue) and Jolanda Roose (ER24). — Helderberg FM hosted a Drive Smart road-safety campaign ahead of the Easter weekend. Between 12:00 and 18:00 on Thursday 17 April personnel from ER24, GB Med Rescue, the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service and Traffic Service set up camp on the corner of Broadway Boulevard and Da Gama Street in Strand for increased visibility. Helderberg FM’s station manager, Lorna van Pletzen, said the purpose of the campaign was to raise awareness of safety and give locals the opportunity to safety, security and emergency personnel in action. It also gave passersby the opportunity to engage with participating representatives stationed on site. The joint operation saw representative of the various entities rub shoulders, including (from left) Sphosethu Xaso (Traffic Services), Amandla Desile (Fire and Rescue) and Jolanda Roose (ER24). Credit: Barend Williams

The Helderberg FM crew — The Helderberg FM crew who broadcasted from the awareness campaign (behind from left) are Nerine Smith, Cleopatra Kadzunge, Tidimalo Kesiamang and Lorna van Pletzen. Dylan Pepler and Christie Hansen are seated in front. Credit: Barend Williams

Firefighters — Lushanne Conradie (firefighter), L. Titus (platoon commander) and M. Jaftha (station commander). from the City’s Fire and Rescue service were there to show their support for the safety campaign. Credit: Barend Williams

Traffic officer Sivenathi Moni and Navesh Singh — Traffic officer Sivenathi Moni and Navesh Singh, brand manager of ER24 Western Cape East, were all smiles as they interacted with locals. Credit: Barend Williams

Traffic officers — Anthea Daniels and Melvin Florence of the City’s Traffic Service were on hand to educate motorists on road safety. Credit: Barend Williams

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