Taxi body, Santaco, has expressed sadness at the minibus taxi and trucks collision which claimed 13 lives on the R81 at Ga-Sekgopo between Mooketsi and Polokwane in Limpopo.

Santaco Deputy Chairperson Robert Mthombeni says they’re awaiting a final report on the cause of yesterday’s collision.

Twelve church members of Assemblies of God and a driver from Tiyani village outside Giyani, died when the taxi was caught between two trucks.

They were travelling home from a church conference at Sebayeng village outside Polokwane.

Mthombeni says the taxi industry is mourning.

“We rely on passengers. When we lose 12 passengers it is many. So, always we say our passengers is our daily bread and we rely on them to support us, but this accident shocked us as the taxi industry of Santaco Limpopo because when you lose 12 passengers plus a driver, it is sad,” says Mthombeni.

The R81 at Ga-Sekgopo has been reopened to traffic following a serious collision involving two heavy trucks and a minibus taxihttps://t.co/dA079LjZVU#ArriveAlive #TaxiCrash @TransportLimCom pic.twitter.com/DrszHLKEyC

— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) September 29, 2025