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“There were also about 1800 on the N4 coming from Mpumalanga. And we know on the N1 there is generally a tendency of misbehaviour of some motorists who will be driving against oncoming traffic, we want to go and intervene and make sure everybody drives according to the rules of the road,” says Xaba.The Department of Community Safety Security and Liaison in Mpumalanga has urged motorists to adhere to traffic laws as travellers.
Meanwhile, the Mpumalanga MEC for Public Works, Roads and Transport Mandla Ndlovu has expressed concern with the behaviour of some truck and taxi drivers on the roads. Ndlovu was conducting a roadblock on the N4 toll road outside Mbombela. “Your N1 south and north is busy- that is N1 that is traversing from direction of Cape Town to Gauteng into your Limpopo. It’s starting to peak up now. N3 is also starting to peak up. Off cause we have this one that is between Eastern Cape and Free State which is your N6 that is the one that is busy – that is the one you would recall over the 23rd and 22nd we had a number of accidents on it.