A dream getaway to the Wild Coast in the former Transkei turned into a nightmare for a group of East London friends and their children after they came under attack by balaclava-clad gunmen who fired at their car. However, they managed to escape and drive to a police station where they opened a case.
Teachers and parents scoured a horrific accident scene on Tuesday evening in search of clues to identify the six pupils killed when a truck smashed into a scholar transport bakkie. The children – roughly 14 to 17 years old and pupils at Ndamase Senior Secondary School in Ngqeleni outside Mthatha – were on their way home at about 3pm when tragedy struck on the T30 road not far from the school.