{"id":43543,"date":"2026-01-29T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/santaco-kzn-conveys-condolences-after-horrific-taxi-crash-on-the-r102-isiphingo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:44:13","slug":"santaco-kzn-conveys-condolences-after-horrific-taxi-crash-on-the-r102-isiphingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/santaco-kzn-conveys-condolences-after-horrific-taxi-crash-on-the-r102-isiphingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Santaco KZN conveys condolences after horrific taxi crash on the R102, Isiphingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) KwaZulu-Natal is deeply saddened by the tragic accident that occurred today in Lotus Park Isiphingo involving a taxi travelling from Emsikweni and a truck on R102.<\/p>\n<p>We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the 11 passengers who lost their lives in this unfortunate incident.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are also with the passengers who sustained injuries, and we wish them a speedy and full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, SANTACO KZN is awaiting a comprehensive report from law enforcement authorities to establish the exact cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Until such information is made available, it would be premature to speculate or draw conclusions regarding what led to this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>SANTACO KZN, Office Manager, Mr Sifiso Shangas,e reiterated the organisation&#039;s continued call for road safety<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Drivers are encouraged to always adhere to the rules of the road. With the current rainy weather conditions, drivers&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76285&#038;page=santaco-kzn-conveys-condolences-after-horrific-taxi-crash-on-the-r102-isiphingo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) KwaZulu-Natal is deeply saddened by the tragic accident that occurred today in Lotus Park Isiphingo involving a taxi travelling from Emsikweni and a truck on R102. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the 11 passengers who lost their lives in this unfortunate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/624661844_18406473343193095_751794138323518033_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152,1888,1327],"class_list":["post-43543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn","tag-taxi","tag-taxi-accident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/624661844_18406473343193095_751794138323518033_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}