The forerunners of the Matsha tragedy

Public school learners are frequently transported in trucks
Public school learners are frequently transported in trucks

Tragic as it was, the Matsha truck disaster is just the latest in similar fatal and non-fatal incidents involving public school learners. Staff Writers, BABOKI KAYAWE and MBONGENI MGUNI trace the unsettling history

Eleven years ago, two siblings and their cousin at Kedia Primary School perished in a truck accident just a kilometre away from Kedia village in the Boteti area.  All told, the death toll came to five.

The truck, which was used for Namola Leuba  (drought  Relief) projects, also carried shovels, axes, grass slashers and an assortment of other construction tools.

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Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering

With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...

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