Overview

• Police set the death toll at 12 — the taxi driver, 10 women and a child aged about 7–10 — after an early local report suggested 13.
• The Sunday collision on the R81 at Ga-Sekgopo involved two articulated trucks and a Toyota Quantum minibus carrying congregants traveling from Solomondale to Magoro, according to Santaco.
• A preliminary RTMC account indicates a truck failed to brake and crushed the minibus between two trucks, though the exact cause remains under investigation.
• Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa directed the RTMC to deploy a crash‑reconstruction team, and the R81 was closed for hours as emergency crews recovered the victims.
• Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba is meeting families at noon at the Pietersburg Hospital recreation hall for identification and support alongside MECs Violet Mathye and Dieketseng Mashego.