The National Road Safety Council (NRSC), in collaboration with key road safety stakeholders, officially launched the 2025/2026 Festive Season Road Safety Campaign during the inauguration of the newly upgraded Okapuka Road Traffic Checkpoint. The campaign is held under the theme “Do the Right Thing and Save Lives,” emphasising the importance of responsible road behaviour during the festive season, a period typically associated with increased travel and a higher risk of…

The annual festive season road safety campaign which will run until mid-January 2023
was launched to negate or mitigate the impact of any negative externality that is likely to occur on the country’s national road network during the festive season.

The Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Eliphas !Owos-Oab, emphasized the importance of their operations in promoting road safety, enforcing traffic laws, and providing emergency response efforts to save lives. He…

The National Road Safety Council launched the official 2021/2022 Festive Season Report to give an account of the effectiveness of the efforts of various road safety stakeholders to reduce deaths and injuries on our national roads. In addition, the event, which was attended by heads of traffic enterprises and senior officials, was meant to help the road safety sub-sector gauge the matters that need to be improved to curb motor…

The festive Season Road Safety Campaign was launched by the Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Honourable Veikko Nekundi, on 25 November 2021, at the Roadblock in Keetmanshoop under the theme #DoTheRightAndSaveLives.

In his remarks, Honourable Nekundi said roads are meant to enable access to both economic activities as well as social infrastructure and basic amenities, however many lives are lost because of unbecoming conduct by those who choose to…

The National Road Safety Council and its stakeholders launched a very ambitious month long campaign targeting the B1 Road stretching from Otavi through Otjiwarongo until Okahandja. This campaign, focusing largely on the B1 Route, is aimed at mitigating the impact of road crashes and deter traffic violations on the B1 highway. The campaign is themed “Let’s Be One on B1”, signifying that all road users must have a safety conscious…

Ahead of the anticipated exodus of people to various holiday destinations, the NRSC together with the MVA Fund and the National Police jointly launched the Festive Season Campaign around the theme: “Mind the Consequences of Speeding”. The aim of the campaign is to educate road users especially drivers of the dangers associated with speeding. The campaign will be three-pronged. The public awareness drive will be supplemented by the commensurate law…

Each year a number of school-going children are killed by vehicle on their way to and from school. In most cases these accidents occur within close proximities of the school. To ensure safety around the school premises and at places where school-going children cross busy roads, scholar patrols are provided.

The legal bases for Scholar Patrols in Namibia is provided under section 74 (4) of the Road Traffic and Transport…