BUS DRIVER TO APPEAR FOR RAPE

A BUS driver is expected to appear in the Piketberg Magistrates court this week on sexual assault allegations involving a 16-year-old school pupil.

- NICOLA DANIELS

The safety of school children had been in the spotlight recently after a 7-year-old pupil - Cwecwe - was raped allegedly at Bergview College in the Eastern Cape while waiting for her transport in October last year.

Western Cape police confirmed the Piketberg matter was being investigated and the suspect had been arrested.

Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says: "Piketberg police registered a sexual assault case following an incident of 27 March 2025 at 3pm at a farm near Piketberg.