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Eleven learners have been killed while on their way to school in a scholar transport in Gauteng.
Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, is on his way to the scene in Vanderbijlpark.
For reaction, we speak to Matakanye Matakanya from the National Association of School Governing Body.
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It's very sad😢
And fix the roads they are in a bad state
Basically the ANC should have been building schools instead of Inkandla.
Where is the president of the country? Where is Ramaphosa?
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I HATE TRUCKS WITH ALL MY HEART!! Been in an accident with one, they always kill everyone😣😣😣😣
Am so sorry 😭😭😭😭
We are all in mourning, this is painful
I hate the fact he keeps saying the msc is here we don't care bra stop repeating it
My condolences to all families
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Dholl balram from Durban north Lakewood avenue 19 poison king zwelethini with coronavirus witchcraft that's how he died she hates african
Feels like this is just the beginning.
no ways enough is enough now its devastating whats happening in our Country , this is so sad eish my sincere condolences😔 to the parents
This is heartbreaking man eish 💔😢
Why must something bso tragic happen before they do something ,then they make plans ,I do not understand ..so sad.condolences to the families,my heart goes out to all of them 🙏
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My condolences to the family of this children
I blame the government for tragedies like these. If the government had raised the standard of education in Black schools to match that of formerly white schools, we wouldn't be in this situation where Black parents are forced to send their children to those schools.
The level of education in Black schools urgently needs to be improved so that no Black parent has to transport their children long distances in search of better education.
This is very sad but let's pause 4 a tru reflexion. Taxi overload has been normalised for many years in public transport. So far in 2026 no legit driving school exists. So that rules put whether holding a licence something. Then there's the issue of obeying the rules of the road. We kerp silent when mini bus taxis open an illegal extra lane rushing for a set number of trips per day. Let's all please for a change take responsibility. Majority applaud fast & and furious drivers. Then there's traffic officers that collect 'magwinya money' regularly from unlicensed vehicles. As a community, let's not point fingers too far. This is a build up of many wrong behaviours overluked😢
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School Buses should be used. Not these minibuses.
Iyoooooooo😢😢😢😢How painful
The driver deserve life sentence for murdering innocent children.
Reporter should NEVER SAY DRAMATIC it's their children they allowed to cry and scream and fall down it's called traumatic
To the Accident that happened which took life's of our kids,both driver had to be taken custody as a truck, I'm on the road sees what's happening he had also avoided by stopping ✋️ before it happened because this things happened daily we see them and make efforts to be safe,he also took the advantage of seeing a taxi never thought about is caring passengers whereby to save the life,truck driver also had a chance to ✋️ Stop ✋️.
😭😭😭dis is too painful
Why did the truck driver flea the sceen if he not guilty? Doesnt make sense
It is so painful to see this. My heart is broken for those parents and children. This is unacceptable. My deepest condolences to the families.
Our hearts go out 2 the parents and grand parents of thoes little children who lost their lives in this terrible accident this should have never Happened but through reckless driving Parents call on buses for transportation for school children So sad
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😭😭😭so sad ,my condolences
There should be more rules on how these babies are transported , seat belts , no drink driving , no taking over other cars and how many are in the taxi , this is so sad for all , so sorry to the families and all things have to change .
imagine killing soooo many people in one go …. and not on purpose 🤯 id go crazy if i dont end myself….. im so sorry parents💔💔💔
Difficult not to notice that every single uniformed person on this scene is overweight 😮
What is wrong with your internet , you can do better in 2026 , we have family there , we need to know how all this happen and why you do not put laws in place still for children in taxies .
How can we start the year like this😢😢😢
4:04 That mother running towards the accident scene…its so haeart breaking to see…the lady in the red dress also stays in my mind…she lost 2 precious children. There are too many taxi accidents on the roads…it needs to stop. My sincere condolences to all parents and families affected. May they rest in peace 🙏🏻 🕊
I spent two nights not being able to sleep because of this crash … dnt even know the victims but yoh
We have been fighting for decades now about the taxis is south africa but always many have to die before they talk about maybe doing something nothing ever happens tho.
What kind of driver does something like this kodwa😢
Iyooh Ubuhlungu abathengwisa Abantu sizabathathaphi nkosyami💔💔😭😭
Car crash, train crash???
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Maybe the department of transport including the minister should think of repairing railway lines, stations and tracks so that the kids can start using the trains making the danger of taxis less on the roads