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The Citizen
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
No, SA roads agency is not reviewing speed limits
No, SA roads agency is not reviewing speed limits The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has refuted that it is in the process of revising speed limits on South African roads. This as a fake media statement purporting to be from Sanral, stating the agency is revising speed limits and enforcing stricter laws as from July to reduce fatalities on the country's roads, is doing the rounds on social media platforms. ALSO READ: N2 crash death toll rises to 9 'Sanral has a distinct mandate to manage the country's national road network. This mandate encompasses the financing, planning, development, improvement, maintenance and rehabilitation of the national roads, as prescribed by the Sanral Act of 1998. 'The Sanral mandate does not include any enforcement rights, be that related to speed, safety or security,' said Vusi Mona, Sanral GM for communication and marketing. According to the document in question, stating changes are effective from 1 July, Sanral Highway Law will implement adjusted limits across South Africa's national highway system. These will include: • Urban roads reduced from 60km/h to 50km/h • Rural roads adjusted from 100km/h to 80km/h • Highways and national routes capped at 110km/h, down from 120km/h • Heavy vehicles limited to 90km/h on all roads • School zones to have a strict 30km/h speed limit during school hours. 'We encourage members of the public to contact Sanral's hotline – 0800 204 508 – or email sanral@ if they pick up suspicious information being circulated. 'We also encourage members of the media to reach out to our press office on pressoffice@ for further clarity,' added Mona. Don't have the ZO app? Download it to your Android or Apple device here: HAVE YOUR SAY Like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter or TikTok For news straight to your phone invite us: WhatsApp – 060 784 2695 Instagram – zululand_observer At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
TimesLIVE
14-05-2025
- TimesLIVE
Sanral denies it is lowering speed limits
The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) denies it is in the process of reducing speed limits on the country's roads, and says it does not have the power to do so. It was reacting to a communique being circulated, purporting to be from Sanral, that it is revising speed limits and enforcing stricter laws to reduce fatalities on the roads. 'Sanral has a distinct mandate to manage the country's national road network. This mandate encompasses the financing, planning, development, improvement, maintenance and rehabilitation of the national roads, as prescribed by the Sanral Act. The mandate does not include any enforcement rights, be that related to speed, safety or security,' said Vusi Mona, Sanral's communication and marketing GM. The false communique claims effective from July 1, Sanral Highway Law would implement adjusted limits across the national highway system. This would include: Urban roads reduced from 60km/h to 50km/h; Rural roads adjusted from 100km/h to 80km/h; Highways and national routes capped at 110km/h, down from 120km/h; Heavy vehicles limited to 90km/h on all roads, and; School zones to have a strict 30km/h speed limit during school hours. 'We encourage members of the public to contact Sanral's hotline number on 0800 204 508 or email sanral@ if they pick up suspicious information being circulated,' said Mona. In 2022 the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) called for speed limits on roads to drop by 10km/h, believing it would help combat fatalities. As part of recommendations to parliament's portfolio committee on transport, the RTMC called for the speed limit on urban roads to be decreased from 60km/h to 50km/h, and on freeways from 120km/h to 110km/h.
