CAPE TOWN - More than 500,000 vehicles have passed through the Huguenot Toll Plaza outside Paarl in the Western Cape throughout December.
Road traffic volumes across the country have increased as holidaymakers start their journeys back home.
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Law enforcement officials have urged the public to drive safely as an alarmingly high numbers of fatalities have already been recorded on the country’s roads.
Over 500 people were killed on the country's roads in the first two weeks of the month.
- eNCA's Kevin Brandt compiled this report.