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Image; GCIS The Minister of Transport, Ms. Barbara Creecy and the Deputy Minister, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa have expressed their shock at the horrific crash to which they were woken on Monday morning. They are conveying their condolences to the bereaved families who lost their children in this head-on collision involving a scholar transport minibus and a truck, where twelve (12) children met their untimely death on the R553 Golden Highway in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on 19 January

Image: GCIS The Minister of Transport, Ms Barbara Creecy, and Deputy Minister, Mr Mkhuleko Hlengwa have expressed serious concern with the persistent rise in the number of road fatalities due to crashes involving public transport modes. Their concerns were raised in the wake of today’s tragic loss of ten lives from a serious collision between a truck and an Interstate Bus Train approximately 5 km from Mandela View between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo. The crash involved a tota