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South Africa 'Lost a Great Deal' - 16 Buried at #VerenaFuneral

Parents, friends and community members were inconsolable, while some had to be taken to a mobile clinic outside the packed marquee when they were overwhelmed with grief and collapsed.

VIDEO: Mpumalanga Holds Mass Funeral for Crash Victims

South Africa: Students, Teachers Struggling to Come to Terms With Verena Tragedy

News24Wire, 6 May 2017

It's been just under two weeks since the horrific taxi crash in Bronkhorstspruit that claimed the lives of 20 people - most of them pupils - and the school communities at Refano… Read more »
South Africa: Pupils, Family Members Collapse At Verena Funeral

News24Wire, 6 May 2017

Several pupils and mourners at the Verena mass funeral for 16 pupils who were killed in a horrific taxi crash had to be escorted to a mobile clinic outside the packed marquee,… Read more »
South Africa: We Will Investigate to Make Road Safer - Mpumalanga Premier At Verena Funeral

News24Wire, 6 May 2017

Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza told mourners at a mass funeral service in Mpumalanga on Saturday that there were plans in place to make the road, where 20 people died in a… Read more »

Department of Basic Education

Funeral service: Twenty people died in the accident, including the taxi driver and a general worker at one of the schools.

InFocus

Memorial Service Held for Victims of Horror Crash in South Africa

Emotions ran high at the memorial for the 18 pupils and two adults who died in a taxi crash. Government officials, including Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, attended the ... Read more »
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Gone Too Soon - Several South African Learners Die in Taxi Crash

At least 18 learners and their driver died after the minibus taxi in which they were travelling collided with a truck in an area between Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces. Read more »
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