{"id":469589,"date":"2011-07-28T07:37:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T07:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/joint-operations-to-assist-with-snow\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T07:37:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T07:37:31","slug":"joint-operations-to-assist-with-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/joint-operations-to-assist-with-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Operations to Assist With Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"39.7483513585\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcis.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South African Government<\/a> (Pretoria)<\/p>\n<p>26 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A National Joint Operations Committee has been activated to deal with any eventuality on the country&#8217;s roads, following heavy snowfalls and rain across large parts of the country which has resulted in the closure of several roads.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has urged road users, particularly those who intend travelling between Johannesburg and Durban, to postpone their trips until the snow subsides and weather conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past 24 hours extremely heavy snowfalls and rain have been experienced across large parts of the country, resulting in the closure of various roads,&#8221; Mr Ndebele said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A National Joint Operations Committee has been activated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The committee includes representatives from the National Disaster Management Centre of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Provincial Disaster Management, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) and N3TC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since yesterday, 25 July, emergency services personnel have been working around the clock to ensure that the affected roads and road users are safe. We are urging road users, particularly those who intend travelling between Johannesburg and Durban, to postpone their trips until the snow subsides and weather conditions improve. Every effort is being made to ensure safe roads and to provide an efficient road maintenance and public safety service to road users.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are calling upon all motorists to stay alert, slow down and stay in control. Drive with your headlamps on at all times and adjust your driving habits to the prevailing weather conditions. Keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front of you to avoid situations where you may have to brake suddenly on a slippery surface,&#8221; said Minister Ndebele.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107280075.html\" title=\"Joint Operations to Assist With Snow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Operations to Assist With Snow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> South African Government (Pretoria) 26 July 2011 A National Joint Operations Committee has been activated to deal with any eventuality on the country&#8217;s roads, following heavy snowfalls and rain across large parts of the country which has resulted in the closure of several roads. Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has urged road users, particularly those who intend travelling between Johannesburg and Durban, to postpone their trips until the snow subsides and weather conditions improve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joint Operations to Assist With Snow - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/joint-operations-to-assist-with-snow\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Joint Operations to Assist With Snow - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"South African Government (Pretoria) 26 July 2011 A National Joint Operations Committee has been activated to deal with any eventuality on the country&#039;s roads, following heavy snowfalls and rain across large parts of the country which has resulted in the closure of several roads. 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