SLOW DOWN. PEOPLE ARE DYING.

More than 1,400 people have already died on SA’s roads this season — and Rustenburg drivers are part of the problem.

Platinum Weekly newspaper | Rustenburg – Let’s be honest: people are driving like idiots — and it’s killing others.

More than 1,400 people died on South Africa’s roads over the recent festive period alone, according to official road safety figures (between 1 December 2025 and 11 January 2026 in 1,172 crashes). That number isn’t accidents. It’s people. Parents. Kids. Someone who didn’t get home.

And while the stats are national, the problem is local.

In Rustenburg, dangerous driving has become normal – especially in the mornings when parents are taking children to school. Speeding. Cutting in. Ignoring stop streets. Overtaking when there’s clearly no space. One mother said it’s happening every single day. “School has been open just over a week, and every morning I see more than one near-accident. If I don’t react, my car gets hit. This isn’t bad luck – it’s bad driving.”

Emergency services on the ground say the same thing: most crashes they attend didn’t need to happen. Rustenburg First Responders administrator Ammaar Wadee urges motorists to stop rushing and think about who else is on the road. “Reckless driving doesn’t just risk your life — it risks everyone else’s.”

This isn’t about fines.
It isn’t about traffic cops.
It’s about this question:
Are you willing to slow down so someone else’s child can get home alive?
If the answer is yes — drive like it.