By AGISANANG SCUFF
8 December 2025- The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng said all road users without exception will be expected to comply with traffic regulations. Morweng said those who will be caught bending the rules will face the wrath of the law.
He handed over new 37 vehicles to traffic officers to ensure visibility on all arterial routes in the province.
Morweng further said the handing over of the vehicles followed a Joint Inter-Provincial law enforcement operation with Gauteng Province just outside Potchefstroom, led by the Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy. He added that they were accompanied by the Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela and North West MEC for Public Works and Roads, Elizabeth Mokua.
“If we are to reduce road fatalities, we have to be intentional in our approach. There must be a zero tolerance to all infractions however innocuous they may be. We are giving you these new 37 high-powered vehicles to specifically patrol and ensure visibility on N4, N12, N14 and N18.
“Patrols must also include all regional roads in the province. The target is to be visible especially during night which statistics have indicated record major crashes. The vehicles will enable traffic officers to efficiently patrol roads that have previously experienced not only high traffic volume but fatal accidents as well,” said Morweng.
He said the elite traffic policing unit will patrol N4 from Brits Toll Plaza which marks the boundary with Gauteng, all the way down to Skilpadshek, which marks the border with neighbouring Botswana. Morweng said the same patrolling will be on N12, N14, N18, R24, R30, R49 and R510.
“Since 1 December 2025, most of the fines issued for traffic offences ranged from drunk driving, speeding and reckless and negligent driving. Some of the drivers who were stopped had outstanding warrants of arrests against their traffic fines that they had ignored to pay.
“Traffic officers must clamp down on lawlessness on the road because previous records show that fatalities are as a direct result of excessive speeding, brazen disregard for the law and senseless recklessness,” he said.
Morweng said in the third quarter from September 2025, registered vehicles in the country had increased to 13 646 029 vehicles. He said of these, 684 000 were registered in the North West.
“Given that the province is both thoroughfares for SADC and other provinces, traffic is expected to heighten as holidaymakers will be coming to or passing through the province. This will add more pressure on the traffic officers and congestion on the roads during peak travel periods is also expected.
“Added to that, inclement weather as we are in the rainy season will also pressure them more. We therefore are appealing to all motorists to work with us. Those who will be in contravention of the law will find us uncompromising,” he said.
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