Traffic is expected to pick up again on all major highways on Sunday. Con Roux from the N3 Toll Concession said so far there has been no major road crashes.
“We saw the busiest traffic patterns that we have throughout the festive season yesterday with protracted pick period, pick traffic right from very early yesterday morning heading out of Gauteng. The traffic wave took the entire day to go through down to Durban, so very heavy traffic at around 2000 vehicles an hour. It was relatively accident-free throughout the day.
Meanwhile, the South African National Blood Service is calling on everyone to donate blood. It’s experiencing high demand countrywide and desperately needs type ‘O’ blood.
Tony Ndoro
Be a responsible road user this holiday season, for your loved ones’ sake and those around you.
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In other news – On parole, foreign ex-convicts battle to survive in Brazil
When South African drug mule Thandi was freed from a Rio de Janeiro jail in June, she had no money and nowhere to go – until a Brazilian policeman agreed to help her, for a price. The police officer offered me… his phone and some money to catch a bus if I could perform a s-e-xual favor for him,” the 33-year-old, who did not want to use her real name, told AFP.
“He took me to a hotel and thereafter gave me 30 reais.” That’s about seven dollars. Thandi is one of hundreds of foreign ex-convicts who served time in Brazil – mostly for drug trafficking – and are now struggling to survive while serving out their parole. With little support from authorities in Brazil or in their home countries, they battle to find housing and obtain identity documents. Without official papers, they cannot find jobs or open bank accounts. Many speak little or no Portuguese. Read more
Source: eNCA
