Bokamoso Bokgobo, 13, Naledi Motsapi, 16, Ofentse Jayden Vinger, 6, Lesego Sefatsa, 7, Pheello Motaung, 17, are among the 12 pupils who were killed in a crash on Monday, in Vanderbijlpark crash. The family of one of the12 pupils killed in the Vanderbijlparkscholar transport crash has blamed the Gauteng Department of Education’s school placement system, saying that it pushes parents to send children far from home and leaves them with no option but to rely on scholar transport. This was said by family spokesperson Lebo Maqekwane, speaking on behalf of the family of Ofentse Jayden Vinger, 6, from Zone 14 in Sebokeng, on Tuesday.
Ofentse, a Grade 1 pupil at Oliver Lodge Primary School, was among 12 children who died on Monday when a scholar transport vehicle was involved in a crash. Maqekwane confirmed to IOL News that the family paid R1,000 a month for private scholar transport. “He was about to turn seven in September,” Maqekwane said. Six-year-old Ofentse Jayden Vinger, a Grade 1 pupil remembered by his family as a lively and fearless child, was among the 12 pupils killed in the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash.
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