File picture: Two children died, and several others were injured when a Toyota Quantum minibus taxi carrying school learners caught fire along a gravel road in Sekhukhune District.
The man who was allegedly driving the minibus taxi that burst into flames, resulting in the death of two school children and injuries to seven others in Limpopo, has been granted bail in the Nebo Magistrate’s Court.
Mogau Mosehla, 44, faces two counts of culpable homicide and contravention of the National Road Traffic Act relating to overloading and failure to produce an operating certificate.
This comes after the Toyota Quantum that Mosehla was driving burst into flames at about 3.15pm, along the Apel Cross Road via the Tswaing gravel road towards Nkotwokwane Village in Masemola on Wednesday, May 13.
Provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, said that at the time of the incident, the minibus taxi was carrying approximately 22 schoolchildren between the ages of seven and 10.
