Limpopo's begging drivers and walkers to quit trying to cross flooded roads after people drowned in Mopani and Vhembe.
The Transport and Community Safety Department dropped warnings after nonstop rain turned roads into death traps across multiple districts. Water's rushing over low bridges and streams, making routes that look passable way more dangerous than they seem. Officials said the flooding had already claimed lives when folks gambled on crossing and lost.
MEC Violet Mathye said the province is seriously worried about casualties piling up from people attempting to wade or drive through flooded areas. She hammered home that getting somewhere fast isn't worth dying over, and floodwaters don't care if you think you can make it. The currents can yank vehicles and humans downstream before anyone realizes they're in trouble.
Mathye's asking communities to work with traffic cops, enforcement teams, and disaster crews scattered around the province, watching road conditions. Those officials are out there trying to keep people alive and help when things go sideways.
The department laid out some basic survival rules: don't cross flooded stretches even when the water looks shallow, respect barricades and listen when traffic personnel wave you off, find different routes instead of risking the direct path, and slow down when rain's coming down hard. None of it's complicated, but people keep ignoring the obvious and ending up dead.
The Transport and Community Safety Department dropped warnings after nonstop rain turned roads into death traps across multiple districts. Water's rushing over low bridges and streams, making routes that look passable way more dangerous than they seem. Officials said the flooding had already claimed lives when folks gambled on crossing and lost.
MEC Violet Mathye said the province is seriously worried about casualties piling up from people attempting to wade or drive through flooded areas. She hammered home that getting somewhere fast isn't worth dying over, and floodwaters don't care if you think you can make it. The currents can yank vehicles and humans downstream before anyone realizes they're in trouble.
Mathye's asking communities to work with traffic cops, enforcement teams, and disaster crews scattered around the province, watching road conditions. Those officials are out there trying to keep people alive and help when things go sideways.
The department laid out some basic survival rules: don't cross flooded stretches even when the water looks shallow, respect barricades and listen when traffic personnel wave you off, find different routes instead of risking the direct path, and slow down when rain's coming down hard. None of it's complicated, but people keep ignoring the obvious and ending up dead.
