Matsha accident; more questions than answers :: Mmegi Online

A week after the fatal road accident that led to the demise of seven Matsha College students and hundreds injured, questions still linger on. Mmegi Staff Writers THALEFANG CHARLES and SHARON MATHALA spent time in Kang asking authorities, parents and other stakeholders’ difficult questions

On Friday November 13, two trucks and a bus arrived at Matsha College in Kang to fetch the Form 5 completing students to transport them to their respective home villages. Most students were from remote areas in the Kgalagadi District.

Mmegi has since established that one truck was from Kweneng District Council while another truck and a bus were from Kgalagadi District Council. The transportation of school children to and from their home villages is part of the government’s programme called Remote Areas Dwellers Programme (RADP) administered by the district councils.

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Matsha accident; more questions than answers

A week after the fatal road accident that led to the demise of seven Matsha College students and hundreds injured, questions still linger on. Mmegi Staff Writers THALEFANG CHARLES and SHARON MATHALA spent time in Kang asking authorities, parents and other stakeholders’ difficult questions

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