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All public transport vehicles must have first aid kits, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Monday.

“It is optional now to have first aid kits, but next year it will be compulsory,” the minister said in Midrand at the announcement of a first aid training programme for the taxi industry.

The programme aims to teach taxi drivers to administer effective first-line care in medical emergencies.

The programme would be tailored to include specific emergencies that taxi drivers may encounter, such as childbirth.

It is a partnership between the department of transport, Netcare 911 and the SA National Taxi Association (Santaco).

Ndebele said minibus taxis transported more the 65% of public transport users and therefore must be fully equipped with tools to save lives in an accident.

“A number of lives can be saved if all drivers generally, and taxi drivers in particular, are better trained.”  The first aid training programme was expected to be rolled out next month, starting in the Western Cape.

Ndebele said approximately 1.3 million people were killed in road accidents every year in the world, and 14,000 people in South Africa per year, amounting to at least 1000 people every month and 40 people every day.

“We need to stand up together, with the private sector, the education and justice fraternity, the religious sector, civil society, and everyone, to firmly declare that road deaths can be prevented.” 

He said the United Nations had urged countries to adopt quick and implementable resolutions to reverse road accident deaths.

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May 28, 2012

WarrenG

A very good idea! But first the taxi must be roadworthy
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May 28, 2012

Tsaaa

good idea ka nnete
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May 28, 2012

Tshwane

That"s a very good idea.
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May 28, 2012

Papage

They must learn how to wash themselves first, can you imagine a Taxi driver applying mouth to mouth with you, they dont wash, they must be clean first.
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May 28, 2012

TKay

A Taxi driver helping a woman to deliver a baby....mhhhh I cant wait to see that one
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May 28, 2012

Tsaaa

TKay
A Taxi driver helping a woman to deliver a baby....mhhhh I cant wait to see that one
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He might help you, u ll never know.
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May 28, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

@The programme would be tailored to include specific emergencies that taxi drivers may encounter, such as childbirth
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Good idea in term sof teaching them first aid

Childbirht.............. I just can't get the idea of them groping a would-be mother out of my mind....
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May 28, 2012

Pitseng

Hope that they will do this one of carrying first aid in their cars, because now they cant take a spare wheel with and is a requirement that every car must have a spare wheel. with hope we can do more!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 28, 2012

Papage

I dont think Sbu is talking about Laba base Blee Street, those will pull the baby out without waste of time, they are dangerous.
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May 28, 2012

maneater

taxi driver midwives??? LOL they will pull the baby out and insist that he has to pay the fare immediately or else bazombuyisela umuva.
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