The N4 RIMS (Road Incident Management System) committee from North West and Bojanala facilitated a simulated emergency exercise on the Bakwena N4 route at the Mooi Nooi Interchange as part of a Trans Kalahari Corridor, together with other stakeholders which included Imperial Logistics, Basella Maintenance, Netcare 911, ER24, Lonmin Mines, North West Traffic Department, SAPS,…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd in partnership with Active Education and the Department for Basic Education joined forces in Transport Month to roll out a Road Safety Roadshow in six primary schools in the Hammanskraal area on the 18 & 19 October 2018. 3 children under the age of 15 die on South Africa’s…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd (Bakwena) in partnership with PinkDrive and the North West & Gauteng Departments of Health, held another successful annual breast, testicular and prostate cancer campaign during the month of August for Women’s Month. PinkDrive,South Africa’s best-loved Breast Cancer Community Carer, is the indispensable, tangible breast cancer Non-Profit Company (NPC), powering…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd (Bakwena), highly successful Drama for Change Initiative culminated in two final events which were held on the 1st and 8th September. Learners from 17 schools from communities close to the N1N4 route use this platform to convey powerful social messages through dramatic enactments which is performed at their schools…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Bakwena) congratulates Wendy Collinson of the Endangered Wildlife Trust on being awarded the TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher at 20th National Science and Technology (NSTF) awards. Bakwena public relations manager, Charmaine van Wyk, says the award bears testimony to the incredible work Collinson has done in establishing and running the EWT’s…
DetailsIn an ongoing effort to promote safety on South African roads, Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Bakwena) urges cyclists to keep off freeways and stop endangering their own and others’ lives. Bakwena commercial manager, Liam Clarke, says the toll concessionaire has noticed a significant increase in the number of cyclists using its routes, most notably the…
DetailsBakwena urges community members not to cross the N1N4 freeways on foot Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Bakwena) recorded 15 pedestrian fatalities on its freeways between January and May 2018. This is a 400% increase in pedestrian fatalities during the same period last year. Bakwena commercial manager, Liam Clarke, says that the spike in pedestrian deaths…
DetailsTeachers and learners from 21 schools along the Bakwena N1N4 route N1N4 highways are learning about environmental conservation, thanks to a partnership between Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) Eco-Schools programme and the Endangered Wildlife Trust. Bakwena, which operates the N1N4 freeway, has supported WESSA’s Eco-Schools Programme for…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Bakwena) recorded six fatalities on the N4 route over the Easter holiday period, which saw peak hour traffic volumes reaching 5100 vehicles per hour at Doornpoort plaza on the N4 and 2800 vehicles per hour on the N1 south on Easter Monday. Thursday 29 th March saw 37 447 vehicles travel…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Bakwena) supports initiatives by Minister of Transport, Blade Nzimande, and his department aimed at reducing the amount of accidents and increasing the welfare of all users of South Africa’s roads. Echoing the Minister’s sentiments about road fatalities, Bakwena commercial manager, Liam Clarke, said the toll road concessionaire is deeply saddened by…
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