{"id":43961,"date":"2026-02-17T20:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/71-learners-involved-in-a-school-bus-accident-on-a-gravel-road-between-sleepsteen-and-gerdau-farms\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:28:19","slug":"71-learners-involved-in-a-school-bus-accident-on-a-gravel-road-between-sleepsteen-and-gerdau-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/71-learners-involved-in-a-school-bus-accident-on-a-gravel-road-between-sleepsteen-and-gerdau-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"71 Learners involved in a school bus accident on a gravel road between Sleepsteen and Gerdau Farms."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-one (71) have been involved in a school bus accident on the morning of Tuesday, 17th of February 2026. The learners from Gamaloka Village in Tswaing Municipality were being transported to school when the accident occurred on a gravel road between Sleepsteen and Gerdau Farms.<\/p>\n<p>According to the preliminary paramedic report, thirty-seven (37) learners sustained injuries with the condition of one learner described as &ldquo;of serious concern&rdquo;. They are being treated at the General De La Rey Hospital in Lichtenburg. Thirty-four (34) other learners are undergoing further medical assessment and observation at the Coligny Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>According to the driver, the bus hit a hump on a gravel road leading to the steering wheel disengaging and becoming nonfunctional. Unable to control the bus, it veered off the road and overturned.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC for the North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng wished all learners speedy recovery. The Department&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76482&#038;page=71-learners-involved-in-a-school-bus-accident-on-a-gravel-road-between-sleepsteen-and-gerdau-farms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-one (71) have been involved in a school bus accident on the morning of Tuesday, 17th of February 2026. The learners from Gamaloka Village in Tswaing Municipality were being transported to school when the accident occurred on a gravel road between Sleepsteen and Gerdau Farms. According to the preliminary paramedic report, thirty-seven (37) learners sustained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43962,"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\/637485619_1364389142397103_4722923218110713717_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[2150,2151,229],"class_list":["post-43961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-bus","tag-bus-accident","tag-north-west"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/637485619_1364389142397103_4722923218110713717_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43961","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=43961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}