KZN to target drunk pedestrians in Easter road safety campaign

Staff Reporter

KwaZulu-Natal will, for the first time, target drunk pedestrians during its 2026 Easter holiday and Passover road safety campaign.

“Critically, for the first time, through 28 pedestrian enforcement operations, we will clamp down against drunk pedestrians who will be walking on busy roads,” Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma said on Tuesday.

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“We will also penalise pedestrians who fail to use pedestrian bridges on various routes.”

The campaign was launched on Tuesday with inspections of public transport vehicles at the Umdloti RTI Centre, where authorities had checked 17 buses and minibus taxis by 9am and impounded four vehicles.

Duma said “the no-nonsense teams from Operation Shanela and Road Traffic Inspectorate impounded four vehicles during the inspection”, while “a multi-disciplinary roadblock executed in KwaMashu, jointly with SAPS, eThekwini Metro Police and other key stakeholders has set the tone