In just three days of the 2026 Easter holidays, traffic officers arrested almost a 1,000 drunk drivers on South African roads.
According to Simon Zwane from the Road Traffic Management Corporation, the staggering 934 arrests made from Thursday to Saturday were 263 more compared to the same period last year.
Among those arrested for drunk driving is a KwaZulu-Natal man who missed his own wedding which was supposed to happen on Sunday in Newcastle. He was arrested on Saturday evening while allegedly driving drunk.
