Safety comes first!

Autopax CEO Tumisang Kgaboesele and acting CEO of the Road Traffic Management Corporation, Gilberto Martins at the Salvokop depot in Tshwane. Photo by Letlhogonolo Mashego

THE lives of over 14 000 people are lost on Mzansi’s roads every year.
This is according to Gilberto Martins, acting CEO of the Road Traffic Management Corporation. He said the corporation was open to any partnership with the stakeholders in the transport sector to reduce the death toll on the roads.
Martins made the call last week in Tshwane when he announced a road safety collaboration between the corporation and Autopax, which manages Translux and City to City passenger services.
He spoke about a shared strategic mission to offer safe, reliable transport to the public. Martins urged other companies to come on board too to create safer roads for the public.
Martins announced that monthly reports on the tolls on the roads would be released – and that boards with statistics would be put up to create more public awareness.

Autopax CEO Tumisang Kgaboesele said: “We have signed a pledge committing the company and employees to doing everything possible to ensure that we have safe operations.
“We will obey the rules of the road, and do everything possible to make sure that South Africans are transported in a safe environment.”