The campaign was hosted on Wednesday last week and saw members from Traffic Free Flow under Outsurance, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), the Department of Community Safety, Toros Sweets and the Ivory Park SAPS visiting the pupils.
All the pupils from the school attended the campaign, which was organised by Ms Motshidisi Mlodobozi from Traffic Free Flow.
Ms Mlodobozi taught the pupils about the responsibility they should take when crossing the roads.
“Most of the school pupils commute to school by foot, bicycle, or bus. We held this campaign as a strategy to also remind the parties involved that with awareness campaigns, children can get to school and home again safely,” said Ms Mlodobozi.
In addition, she also taught the pupils about the dress code of the Traffic Free Flow members.
Part of the campaign included teaching the pupils about the two teams run by Traffic Free Flow, which are the mobile and static teams.
“Mobile teams are those using the bikes. The static teams do not use any means of transport to control the traffic,” she added.
The JMPD’s Mr Andrew Mokgoera taught the pupils about the importance of scholar patrols and traffic lights.
He also spoke about Zebra crossings, which were in place to allow pupils to cross a road safely.
The Ivory Park SAPS communications officer, Warrant Officer Neldah Sekgobela, encouraged pupils to look after themselves and to avoid being kidnapped.
“Sometimes pupils are taken and forced to work as slaves for other people,” she said.
