Pretoria - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has urged motorists to exercise extra caution as schools re-open on Monday, 18 July.
Roads across the country will be busier than usual this week as schools re-open on 18 July.
"Alone, we might not be strong enough but we now stand together with the world to declare that road deaths can be stopped. It is all in our hands," said the minister.
This is done in line with the National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) announced by Ndebele last year.
On Monday, Gauteng traffic police discontinued 14 tow trucks from use at the Langlaagte Testing Station in Johannesburg as part of an operation aimed at addressing rampant non-compliance with road traffic legislation within the breakdown (towing) industry.
Of the 18 tow-trucks tested over a two-hour period, only four were roadworthy.