Sibusiso Siyaya was convicted in the Pongola Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 14 May, to 20 counts of murder, reckless and negligent driving and failure to perform driver duties after an accident.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport believes the prison sentence handed down to a truck driver who killed 20 people in Pongola will serve as a deterrent to other reckless drivers.
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