YCLSA Press Statement March 16, 2013
YCLSA DEMANDS TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO STOP ANNAUL CARNAGE ON THE N1 HEXVALLEY As the Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) firstly and most importantly send our condolences to the family of those who were injured or passed away in the horrific car accident that occurred on the N1 in the Hexvalley. However, sending condolences and picking up pieces is a reactionary approach and we believe that the accident could and should have been avoided. It has become an annual event that the Hexvalley, a small valley located along the N1, makes national news because of tragic accidents leading to mass death and injury of dozens of people. We believe that there is a simple way for government to avoid such tragedy and that is by putting traffic lights at 3 points which are renowned for tragedy. Why does the provincial government and local government in the Boland merely wait until disaster strikes, then run around to catch TV coverage? We demand that the municipality and provincial government undertake to install traffic lights immediately. If the government does not heed our call, we will be forced to mobilize and apply pressure on these reactionary leaders by petitioning them, protesting and possibly even supporting the community who have begun threatening to block the N1, forcing traffic to take an alternative route (which has stop streets). YCLSA members active in De Doorns have informed us that more people die in the Hexvalley from car accidents, than crime. In our view failure to implement preventative measures is criminal and tantamount to enabling the mass murder of innocent passengers and we therefore demand these 3 traffic lights as a matter of urgency. The death of entire bus or taxi loads of passengers has become so common that families traveling from Cape Town to other areas (like the Eastern Cape) for Easter and other festivities, now divide themselves into several different taxis and buses to avoid the risk of entire families dying on the road. It is the responsibility of government to ensure that the roads are safe and that such accidents are avoided, it is therefore upon them to show that they are doing more than attending to TV interviews and funeral in reactionary attempts to show that they care. ISSUED BY YCLSA HEAD OFFICE For more information contact: Khaya Xaba YCLSA National Spokesperson Cell: 071 115 4619 Sent from my iPhone -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
