All victims of Vaal scholar transport crash identified: Lesufi

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….

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Milnerton High School assault case postponed to March

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…

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Two killed, multiple injured in Booysens court shooting

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…

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Death toll in Vanderbijlpark scholar crash rises to 14

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…

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‘Driver of Vaal scholar crash tried to overtake multiple vehicles’

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…

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