{"id":295429,"date":"2025-12-12T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=295429"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:11:13","slug":"owerhede-gerat-vir-swaar-verkeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/owerhede-gerat-vir-swaar-verkeer\/","title":{"rendered":"Owerhede gerat vir swaar verkeer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meer as 600 Wes-Kaapse provinsiale beamptes en meer as 300 voertuie sal hierdie feestyd reg oor die Wes-Kaap ontplooi word om te verseker dat inwoners en besoekers in die provinsie veilig reis. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 syfers is verlede Saterdag (6 Desember) op die Wes-Kaapse mobiliteitsdepartement se bekendstellingsgeleentheid vir padveiligheid vir die feestyd 2025, wat in Beaufort-Wes \u2013 een van die provinsie se besigste reiskorridors \u2013 gehou is, bekendgemaak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die doel van hierdie veldtog is eenvoudig \u2013 om seker te maak dat elkeen wat die paaie gebruik, veilig en beskermd voel en in staat is om daardie belangrike oomblikke saam met vriende en familie te bereik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die plan beklemtoon die Wes-Kaapse regering se verbintenis om padgebruikers in die spitsvakansietydperk te beskerm.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tydens die bekendstelling het Isaac Sileku, die Wes-Kaapse minister van mobiliteit, ges\u00ea vanjaar se benadering is ontwerp om te verseker dat elke inwoner en besoeker hul bestemming veilig bereik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Een verlore lewe is een te veel. Ons betree hierdie feestyd met &#8216;n onwrikbare vasberadenheid om te verseker dat almal op ons paaie veilig is. Ons het &#8216;n omvattende, goed geko\u00f6rdineerde plan, maar ons kan dit nie alleen doen nie. 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