Outside of the Sebokeng mortuary in the Vaal where the bodies of the learners were transported to following the head-on collision in Vanderbijlpark. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has confirmed that all the victims of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark have been identified. The crash, which happened yesterday, claimed the lives of 12 learners and left others in a critical condition….
The Cape Town Magistrates Court. The case of eight Milnerton High School learners charged with assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm has been postponed until the 11th of March in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court. This case follows a video which went viral in October last year, showing learners allegedly assaulting a…
City Power offices in Johannesburg. City Power in Johannesburg says the inner city is largely stable despite recent power outages affecting residents in suburbs such as Bellevue, Kensington and Cyrildene. Community members say the outages, which have lasted several days in some areas, have disrupted their daily lives. The power utility says only a few…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs the media on the tragic Vanderbijlpark scholar transport incident in Sedibeng that claimed the lives of 14 learners. LIVE STREAM:
Shattered glass on the ground after an accident. Emergency services in Ekurhuleni have confirmed that three learners have been hospitalised following a crash involving their scholar transport and a light motor vehicle. EMS Spokesperson William Ntladi says rescue teams were dispatched to the scene this morning to render assistance. “A scholar transporter, a Toyota Quantum…
Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Two people have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at the Booysens Magistrates’ Court, south of Johannesburg, earlier today. A heavy police presence has been deployed outside the court. It is understood that a lawyer was among those shot outside the court premises. The motive for the…
The late Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa. Defence witness Sifiso Zungu has referred to accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, as a friend, while he is related to some of the accused. Gwabini is under cross-examination at the High Court in Pretoria, where Ntanzi and four others are…
A broken windscreen. The death toll from this morning’s collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck in Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal, has risen to 14 after another learner died in hospital. This after a scholar transport vehicle carrying pupils collided with a a truck this morning. Earlier, Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane said…
The scene of a deadly scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark on 19 January 2026. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says preliminary investigations into the cause of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark indicate that the driver was attempting to overtake multiple vehicles when a head-on collision with a truck occurred. The crash claimed the lives of 13 learners. Five other learners were injured, with…
The Letaba River in Limpopo is over flowing. Matric learners at the Sekgoari Secondary School at Ga-Modjadji village in Bolobedu, Limpopo, have expressed concern that their academic year was delayed due to flooding. The opening of the schools in the flood-hit areas in Mopani, Vhembe and parts of Sekhukhune districts was halted due to persistent…
