Press Release issued by Western Cape Education Spokesperson: MEC for Education – Donald Grant On 24 August 2011, fourteen learners and a bus driver drowned after the bus in which they were being transported left the road and subsequently submerged in a river in Rheenendal just outside Knysna. 43 learners survived the accident. The bus operated by JBS Transport CC t/a African Express (“JBS Transport”) was contracted by the Western Cape Education Department (“WCED”) to transport 65 learners in the area as part of the WCED learner transport scheme. Two … Read the full article…