IPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uMnuz Mkhuleko Hlengwa ugcizelele ukuthi i-Road Accident Fund (RAF) ayilona “ilotho” yokwenza imali kalula ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-UN Global Road Safety Week eNingizimu Afrika. Ekhuluma mhla ziyi-12 kuNhlaba wezi-2025, unxuse umphakathi ukuthi uyeke ukufaka izicelo zomgunyathi kwa-RAF, okuhloswe ngawo ukuxhasa izisulu zezingozi zomgwaqo, hhayi ukuklomelisa ukungethembeki. UHlengwa ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuphepha emgwaqeni wanxusa bonke abasebenzisa umgwaqo ukuziphatha ngendlela efanele ukuze kwehliswe izingozi futhi kwehliswe umthwalo wezimali kwaRAF.
Ubalule ukuthi uhulumeni usebenzela ukuthuthukisa ezokuphepha emgwaqeni ngemikhankaso nezinyathelo eziqinile zokuvikela izingozi. I-RAF idlala indima ebalulekile ekunikezeni usizo lwezezimali, ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, kanye nesinxephezelo kulabo abalimala ezingozini zomgwaqo, kodwa izinsiza zayo zikhinyabezwa ukusetshenziswa kabi nezicelo zomgunyathi. UHlengwa uxwayise ngokuthi izenzo ezifuze lezi zilimaza izisulu zangempela ezithembele kulesi sikhwama ukuze bathole usizo.
Ungqongqoshe uphinde wahlobanisa ukuphepha emgwaqeni nezinjongo zezwe lonke, wathi ukwehlisa izingozi kweseka ukukhula komnotho ngokwehlisa izindleko zokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nokusindisa izimpilo zabantu. Ugqugquzele abashayeli, abahamba ngezinyawo nabagibeli bamabhayisikili ukuthi balandele imithetho yomgwaqo, bagweme ukuziphatha budlabha futhi bakubeke eqhulwini ukuphepha. Umcimbi we-UN Global Road Safety Week usebenze njengenkundla yokuqwashisa abantu ngalezi zinkinga, lapho uHlengwa enxusa ukuba kuthathwe izinyathelo ezihlangene ukwenza imigwaqo yaseNingizimu Afrika iphephe. Ngokubhekana nokukhwabanisa nokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa komgwaqo ngendlela efanele, uhulumeni uhlose ukuqinisa ikhono le-RAF lokusebenzela labo abadinga ngempela usizo.