Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) South Africa
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is a South African government agency and a Department of Transport entity that coordinates road traffic strategy, regulation, and law enforcement across national, provincial, and local governments. It serves as South Africa's lead road safety agency, overseeing road safety education, traffic enforcement, accident data, and traffic personnel training.www.rtmc.co.za
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Sep 9, 2026
Tamasha KanyiHOST
Transport authorities are deliberating on ways to make the roads safer.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
Yesterday, the Transport Department met with taxi councils as well as the Road Traffic Management Corporation.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
The RTMC's Simon Zwanese's discussions stressed the importance of compliance with road traffic laws and producing fatal accidents.
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The National Tax Alliance and the South African National Tax Council have reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring safety on South African roads and working with government to promote responsible road use.
Makashule GanaGUEST
So the immediate one, it's, uh, uh, in terms of the visibility of the, uh, traffic officers, uh, along these, uh, uh, high-risk, uh, areas where many lives have been lost, but also increase, uh, uh, awareness, including running, uh, uh, marketing and advertising campaigns.
Makashule GanaGUEST
So this is where we call on Sanral, we call on the RTMC, the Road Traffic Management Corporation, uh, the Road Accident Fund, together with the provincial departments, uh, the, the municipal, uh, transport departments to come together to ensure that those that are closer, uh, to the national highways, they are aware that, uh, crossing the highway is actually illegal.
Tracey BoomgaardCORRESPONDENT
Now what would a safer road network look like for communities living alongside these major highways? And how quickly does Rise Mzansi believe government needs to act?
Makashule GanaGUEST
A safer, a safer for us, it's, uh, like, like I mentioned around the, the, the, the crossings.
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accounting for a third of all traffic arrests.
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Close to 12,000 lives are lost on South Africa's roads annually, with the Road Traffic Management Corporation estimating that alcohol contributes to at least 27% of these fatalities.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
And news coming in from Nepal is that two men have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel buried by debris.
Tamasha KanyiHOST
It comes more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area.
speaker_2HOST
August 2026, more than 18,000 motorists were arrested for drunken driving, accounting for a third of all traffic arrests.
speaker_2HOST
Close to 12,000 lives are lost on South Africa's roads annually, with the Road Traffic Management Corporation estimating that alcohol contributes to at least 27% of these fatalities.
speaker_1HOST
Etegwene firefighters have detailed how they contained a massive blaze that swept through a popular Durban restaurant.
Nomatemba NgoboSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At 16.34 we received a call of a building alight.