PONGOLA TRUCK DRIVER APPEARS IN HIGH COURT
Truck driver, Sibusiso Siyaya, made his first high court appearance today, for a pre-trial conference.
Siyaya, is charged with 20 counts of murder, after the truck that he was driving ploughed into a bakkie transporting school children in September 2022.
Today, the matter was adjourned to 15 April 2024, for trial which will be held in the High Court sitting at the Pongola Magistrate’s Court.
Siyaya will remain in custody, following his unsuccessful bail application last year, where the state was able to prove that he is a flight risk who might abscond if released on bail.
