End of Road Safety Week

REPRESENTATIVES of the country’s road-safety sector gathered at the Brakwater Weighbridge outside Windhoek on Sunday night to pay tribute to those who have died on the roads since the start of the year.

Sunday marked the end of the UN Global Road Safety Week. During the event, Deputy Minister of Safety and Security Gabes Shihepo expressed Government’s condolences to the families of those whose lives had been lost on the roads in the last year.”We can’t reverse what took place,” he said, “but we can honour their memories.”Although road safety week has now ended, Namibian law enforcement agencies continue to keep a firm eye on the country’s roads as part of the Xupifa Eemwenyo pilot project.Since the start of this project over the Easter weekend, seven lives have been lost on the roads, a significant improvement over previous years.During the event, Deputy Minister of Safety and Security Gabes Shihepo expressed Government’s condolences to the families of those whose lives had been lost on the roads in the last year.”We can’t reverse what took place,” he said, “but we can honour their memories.”Although road safety week has now ended, Namibian law enforcement agencies continue to keep a firm eye on the country’s roads as part of the Xupifa Eemwenyo pilot project.Since the start of this project over the Easter weekend, seven lives have been lost on the roads, a significant improvement over previous years.