EFF calls on govt to step up road maintenance, inspection after EC horror crash
Fifteen people died, five others sustained injuries in a head-on collision involving a minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 road between Adelaide and Maqoma, at midnight on Saturday.
Deadly Eastern Cape head-on collision at midnight on Saturday, 3 May 2025. Picture: Supplied
JOHANNESBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on government to step up road maintenance and increase inspections following a Saturday midnight crash that claimed 15 lives in the Eastern Cape.
Fifteen people died, while five others sustained injuries in a head-on collision involving a minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 road between Adelaide and Maqoma, formerly Fort Beaufort.
It's understood that the minibus taxi was travelling from Qonce to Cape Town when it collided with the bakkie.
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The EFF said better road conditions, increased visibility of traffic officers, and ongoing education programmes for road users are essential for bringing down the number of road accidents in the country.
EFF spokesperson Thembi Msane said “The quality of our roads has deteriorated in most areas. So that becomes a high-accident zone with potholes and all bridges which are unsafe during the high-rain season. Most roads in the city, most roads in the rural areas do not have street lights. So... the visibility becomes very difficult.”