Two provinces were left reeling on Monday after deadly road accidents claimed and injured dozens, highlighting South Africa’s worsening transport safety crisis – particularly involving public and scholar transport. In Limpopo, at least 42 people, including a 10-month-old baby, were killed when a cross-border bus veered off the N1 near Louis Trichardt and plunged down a steep embankment. Hours later in KwaZulu-Natal, 11 schoolchildren and two adults were injured when a minibus taxi overturned on the N3 before the Marianhill…

South Africa’s roads have once again been painted in blood following yet another horrific crash that has claimed multiple lives. On Sunday, twelve people – including ten female passengers, a taxi driver, and a child aged between seven and ten – perished in a grisly collision involving a minibus taxi and two heavy vehicles on the R81 at Ga-Sekgopo, Limpopo. The crash has renewed calls for drastic interventions to combat the reckless driving culture that continues to decimate families and…