Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says her department is working to meet the UN target of halving road fatalities by 2030 .
She was delivering her Budget Vote in Parliament. Statistics from the department indicate that 12 000 lives are lost every year on the countrys roads.
The Department of Transport says it wants South Africas roads to be safer. It says road fatalities cost the economy about R200 billion annually.
"To ensure greater safety on our roads and reduce the devastating toll road accidents have on our lives and reduce road fatalities by 40 percent by 2030 so we reach the UN target of halving road accidents by 2030," says Creecy.
However, some of the opposition parties were having none of that. Arguing that the budget is not addressing the crucial matters facing ordinary people.
