"It's the Cocomelon Bus": American School Bus Spotted in SA Neighbourhood Cracks Mzansi Up in Video
- A yellow school bus driving through a South African residential street left locals convinced it belonged in America
- TikTok creator @icepopy_khumalo filmed the bus from the back of a pickup truck, with on-screen text joking it was an "American-style bus"
- South Africans flooded the comments with laughter, with one person asking who stole the bus
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A yellow school bus rolling through a South African neighbourhood was all it took to send the internet into a frenzy. Instagram user @icepopy_khumalo posted the clip on 8 October 2026, and it quickly became one of those videos nobody could scroll past without stopping.
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The footage was shot from the bed of a moving pickup truck, showing a bright yellow school bus cruising ahead through what looked like a quiet residential street. For most South Africans, a yellow school bus is something they have only ever seen in Hollywood films.
The sight of a yellow school bus casually driving through a local neighbourhood in the video by @icepopy_khumalo was too surreal to ignore. The clip's humour needed no explanation. Watch the clip that had Mzansi in stitches:
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Mzansi joke about yellow bus
South Africans in the comments section of @icepopy_khumalo's post had plenty to say:
@nobuhleroyalty wrote:
"It's the Cocomelon bus 😂"
@t_eddym joked:
"No, because who stole that bus? 😭😭"
nosipho___97 wondered:
"How did it get here?"
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