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  The Road Traffic Management Corporation says road-users have failed South Africa, not the Transport Department's plan to halve the festive season death toll by 2015. Spokesperson, Ashref Ismail says in general the plan is working, but

 The Road Traffic Management Corporation says at least 18 people have died in road accidents since New Year. RTMC spokesperson, Ashref Ismail says the festive season death toll has reached 1207 since the beginning of December. He says for

 Shack fires on new year's day left 3 people dead and 4,000 homeless in Khayelitsha and Thembeni in the Western Cape. The City of Cape Town's disaster management services says the blaze also damaged the overhead electricity supply

 Two people died after a light two-seater aircraft crashed and burst into flames in Phalaborwa in Limpopo on Tuesday. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto says the aircraft crashed just after it took off from the Phalaborwa

 Five youths were killed when a bakkie they were travelling in overturned in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. Spokesperson for the community safety department, Joseph Mabuza says a Nissan Navara was transporting approximately 13 young people and

 A family of three died, after falling 30 metres down the Rietfontein waterfall in Mpumulanga. Sapa reports that the mother and father, as well as their only daughter, aged 13, were on holiday when they tried to cross the river at the top of

 Four men have been arrested for possession of unlicensed firearms and stolen vehicles in Ozwathini, KwaZulu-Natal. Police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker says police members, who were following up information on stolen cars, arrested the

 A Johannesburg metro police officer has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend and her male friend in Soweto. Metro police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Wayne Minnaar, says the 30-year-old allegedly used his service

 KwaZulu-Natal Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu has confirmed that 6 people have died from suspected dehydration after taking part in a traffic department recruitment fitness test. The public broadcaster reports