Kopela residents in North West have vowed to sacrifice their children’s education until they get basic services.

They want access to running water, roads and electricity.

And so the residents went on the rampage last month, leaving three schools and a local clinic burnt to ashes.

They said they were willing to gamble with their children’s future to get the attention of government officials.

Community leader Sporo Tsoku said an agreement was made with the North West education department to send their matrics to a place conducive to studying.

Yesterday morning 55 matriculants were taken to Vryburg to prepare for their final exams, that they will also write there.

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Three-month-old girl was killed and six others injured this evening after a light motor vehicle and bakkie collided head-on on the R53, 20 kilometres outside of Potchefstroom.

When paramedics from the ER24 Potchefstroom branch arrived on scene, they found a bakkie and light motor vehicle lying on the side of the road, 20 metres apart. The light motor vehicle was found lying on its roof.

On assessment, paramedics found numerous bodies lying around the two vehicles.

The body of a three-month-old baby was found lying near the bakkie. Unfortunately the babiy had already succumbed to her multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing more could be done for the patient and she was declared dead on scene.

Six other patients were found on scene, two of them critically injured. Paramedics treated the patients for their injuries and provided the critically injured patients with advanced life support.

Once treated, the patients were transported to Potchefstroom Hospital for urgent treatment.

Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.

-TDN

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