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