Members of the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) launched the Festive Season Drunk Driving awareness campaign at Vezamandla locality (R61 road) in Libode, last week.
To ensure that this campaign was successful, these members partnered with the traffic and police officers from Nyandeni Local Municipality.
They hosted a roadblock where they searched a number of vehicles to check whether they were roadworthy, and checked drivers for their drivers’ licences and other documents in this campaign.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Eastern Cape Liquor Board, Dr Nombuyiselo Makala, said that they had started this initiative in Gqebera, recently. She said that they will go to different areas where they will educate drivers about the problem of drinking and driving.
She added that they also appeal to those who are visiting beaches to ensure that they are safe all the time.
Makala said if they are drinking alcohol at the beach they might go for a swim and drown after that.
“We know that the festive season is the time when people enjoy themselves, but we are appealing to them to take care of themselves. When it comes to Anti-Pens Down Parties, we are happy that the liquor traders worked with us regarding this issue.”
Makala said these children were chased away in the taverns, and now were sitting next to the beaches. Makala said this shows that their message reached the liquor traders and they were happy about that.
Makala appealed to parents to take care of their children, stating that they should ensure that they know the whereabouts of their children all the time.
Mayor of Nyandeni Local Municipality, Councillor Viwe Ndamase, said that thugs must know that Nyandeni is not the place to hide people who run away from the police officers of King Sabatha Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality.
“We are here because they run to our areas like Corana, Gxulu and Misty Mount. We have evidence of that; there are arrests that took place recently, when some of the criminals who ran away from KSD were arrested in our area,” said Ndamase.
