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North West arrests 36 motorists over festive weekend, reports 40% drop in fatalities
The Star
|December 29, 2025
TWENTY-SIX motorists were arrested for drunk driving in the North West during the Christmas weekend, while a further 10 were arrested for attempting to bribe law enforcement officers, the provincial Department of Community Safety and Transport Management said.
The arrests were made mainly in the Ngaka Modiri Molema and Dr Kenneth Kaunda districts, amid heightened traffic enforcement operations around Christmas Day. The department said fatal crashes in the province dropped by 40% compared to the same period last year.
Between December 20 and 26, 2024, the province recorded 24 road fatalities, figures recorded during a period of high traffic volumes in the days leading up to Christmas.
Authorities attributed the decline to several intervention measures introduced at the start of December, including increased patrols on identified high-risk routes, particularly from 6pm onwards.
This story is from the December 29, 2025 edition of The Star.
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