POLL | How will you spend your Easter weekend?

With Easter weekend upon us, many South Africans will use the time to rest and reconnect with loved ones. How will you spend your time off work?

Many people use this time to go on pilgrimages. For some, work demands and obligations don't stop.

For those who will be travelling, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) said it is geared to handle road accidents as they expect more than 1.2-million vehicles to travel to different provinces over the long weekend. RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane said they expect heavy traffic on the:

• N1 north from Gauteng to Beitbridge;
• N1 south from Gauteng to Cape Town and the Eastern Cape through Bloemfontein;
• N3 from Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal; and
• N4 from Gauteng to Mpumalanga and the Komatipoort border post.

“These roads are expected to be busy on Thursday and Friday as well as on Monday when the holidays end,” Zwane said.

Those looking forward to warm weather conditions might be disappointed as the South African Weather Services said it expects cooler and cloudy weather conditions over this period.

Partly cloudy conditions are expected from Friday but temperatures will be warm over the northern provinces, said forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela.

A 30% to 60% chance of showers and thundershowers is predicted for the eastern parts of the country and northeastern provinces into Easter Monday.

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