{"id":30203,"date":"2026-03-28T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30203"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:45:18","slug":"authorities-appeal-to-keep-sa-children-safe-on-the-roads-during-easter-holiday","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/authorities-appeal-to-keep-sa-children-safe-on-the-roads-during-easter-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities appeal to keep SA children safe on the roads during Easter holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">According to the RTMC, children between the age of five up to 19 years make up 7.2% of people who died on the roads during last year\u2019s Easter period.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">RTMC Spokesperson Simon Zwane says road safety must remain all road users\u2019 primary focus.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cResearch into road trauma consistently highlights that correct use of child restraints is the most effective intervention in road safety. We therefore urge parents to ensure that the children are appropriately restrained when traveling during this Easter period,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30204,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-30203","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Authorities appeal to keep SA children safe on the roads during Easter holiday","published_date":"2026-03-28 00:00:00","news_description":"Authorities appeal to keep SA children safe on the roads during Easter holiday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30205,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30203\/revisions\/30205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}