{"id":965108,"date":"2024-07-10T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=965108"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:07:03","slug":"gauteng-scholar-transport-accident-claims-12-students-and-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/gauteng-scholar-transport-accident-claims-12-students-and-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng scholar transport accident claims 12 students and driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A day after schools reopen in the province, 12 learners and a driver have died in a devastating accident in the Kokosi-Wedela area in Merafong, West of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Seven learners who were injured have been taken to medical facilities. This after the minibus, which is a private scholar transport, was involved in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the minibus was hit from behind by a bakkie, causing it to overturn and subsequently catch alight.<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident. Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona says a psycho-social support team has been dispatched to the schools where the learners were enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is deeply saddened about an incident that occurred this morning, where about 11 learners from Rocklands Primary School and 1 learner from Laerskool Blyvooruitsig in Carletonville and their driver who lost their lives in a devastating accident. The Psycho-Social Support unit has been referred to the school to provide necessary support.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven learners who were injured have been taken to medical facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":965109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[1021],"class_list":["post-965108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-scholar-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}