Five pupils died and at least 35 were taken to hospital after a bus ferrying schoolchildren to Mchitheki High School overturned on the R618 near Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve on Tuesday.
A KwaZulu-Natal mother wept this week as she relived her nightmarish discovery three weeks ago that her four-year-old daughter and another girl the same age had been sexually assaulted, allegedly by the man who drives them to their creche.
Police have urged northern KwaZulu-Natal communities to refrain from violence as plans are in place to address the theft and smuggling of vehicles to Mozambique.