{"id":55870,"date":"2026-08-21T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/mec-mathye-sends-condolences-following-fatal-learner-transport-collision-on-the-road-between-jupiter-and-diana-in-the-mashashane-area\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T06:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:36:49","slug":"mec-mathye-sends-condolences-following-fatal-learner-transport-collision-on-the-road-between-jupiter-and-diana-in-the-mashashane-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/mec-mathye-sends-condolences-following-fatal-learner-transport-collision-on-the-road-between-jupiter-and-diana-in-the-mashashane-area\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC Mathye sends condolences following fatal learner transport collision on the road between Jupiter and Diana in the Mashashane area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have learned with profound sadness about the tragic accident that occurred this morning on the road between Jupiter and Diana in the Mashashane area.<\/p>\n<p>It is with a heavy heart that I confirm that a Toyota Quantum and a bus, both transporting learners, were involved in a serious collision.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports indicated that three lives were lost at the scene &#8211; two female learners and one driver. I have now been informed that a third female learner, who sustained serious injuries, has succumbed to her injuries while being transported to Polokwane for medical attention. This brings the total number of fatalities to four.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 51 learners sustained injuries and were transported to Polokwane Provincial Hospital and Mediclinic Polokwane for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the Limpopo Provincial Government and the Department of Transport and Community Safety, I wish to extend my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones, to the school&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78348&#038;page=mec-mathye-sends-condolences-following-fatal-learner-transport-collision-on-the-road-between-jupiter-and-diana-in-the-mashashane-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have learned with profound sadness about the tragic accident that occurred this morning on the road between Jupiter and Diana in the Mashashane area. It is with a heavy heart that I confirm that a Toyota Quantum and a bus, both transporting learners, were involved in a serious collision. Initial reports indicated that three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55871,"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\/780255611_1598912068943230_8236050068284723136_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[2150,2151,339],"class_list":["post-55870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-bus","tag-bus-accident","tag-limpopo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/780255611_1598912068943230_8236050068284723136_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55870","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=55870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}