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Mantashe is pumping gas

The minister believes liquified petroleum gas is needed in the energy mix, but some experts are not convinced of its merits

The introduction of e-tolls on Gauteng highways has sparked vehement debate and protests

School taxi accident: ‘These children were too young to have died the way they did’

Irene Simelane, who lost her grandniece in the fatal accident, speaks to The Daily Vox’s Nolwandle Zondi about the moment her fears were confirmed.

US actor and comedian Tracy Morgan critical after crash

US actor and comedian Tracy Morgan critical after crash

US actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was in critical condition on Saturday after a fatal six-vehicle accident in New Jersey, police said.

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Duduzane Zuma to be questioned after deadly crash

The police are expected to question the president’s son after his car was allegedly involved in an accident that killed one and injured two.

Koster plenty: Is this SA’s most expensive road?

A road in the North West that is just 50km long has so far cost almost R5-million per kilometre to build and after four years is still unfinished.

Thirteen pupils died on Monday in a crash involving a scholar transport vehicle in Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg.

765 already killed in holiday-season road accidents

Road accidents in South Africa have killed 765 people so far this month as the holiday season gets under way, traffic authorities have said.

Holiday season accidents on the rise

Metro police will conduct a number of road blocks in an attempt to curb drunken driving as road accidents rise with ten people killed in a bus crash.

Plane collides with car in freak accident

A freeboarding outing among colleagues turned into a freak accident in Kugersdorp on Sunday afternoon after an aeroplane collided with a car.

Worker killed at Harmony mine

A worker has been killed in an accident at Harmony Gold’s Tshepong mine in the Free State, the company said on Wednesday.

Texas bus crash kills 13

At least 13 people were killed on Friday when a chartered bus carrying Vietnamese churchgoers plunged off a highway bridge in Texas.

Eleven dead in horror Mpumalanga collision

Eleven people died in Mpumalanga on Friday as a result of a head-on collision between a truck and a bakkie, police said.

Dozens killed in Egypt train smash

Thirty-seven Egyptians were killed and 38 injured when a train collided with three vehicles in northern Egypt on Wednesday, security sources said.