A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week after a similar road crash left 14 schoolchildren dead. Thursday's crash happened near the city of Durban in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Also Read School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say"Witnesses have alleged that the truck driver made a U-turn resulting in a head-on collision," Duma said. The fatal collision came days after a deadly head-on crash between a minibus taxi being used to transport schoolchildren and a truck. Minibus taxis are the preferred method of public transport for most South Africans to get to and from work, with estimates that they are used by approximately 70 per cent of commuters.

Source: The Telegraph January 29, 2026 17:13 UTC