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19 January 2024
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Six ANC supporters die in bus crash en route to party's 112th celebrations
Six African National Congress (ANC) supporters have died in a bus accident en route to the party's 112th birthday celebrations, taking place in Mbombela. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning, 13 January 2024.
“A bus from Botlokwa ferrying ANC supporters en route to Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga has gone off the road and rolled approximately 20 meters down the steep embankment on the R71 Magoebaskloof, killing five occupants at around 3am”, stated the Limpopo Traffic Department Twitter announcement.
“Limpopo MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Florence Radzilani and other government leaders have been recused from the 8 January 2024 statement in Mbombela, to attend to an accident scene on the R71, at the Makgoebaskloof outside Tzaneen. She will be leading a team of government leaders, including the MEC for Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, the Executive Mayor of Mopani District, Clr Pule Shayi, the Mayor of Molemole Local Municipality, Clr Edward Paya, and other government leaders as visited the scene of the accident and patients in various hospitals.”
Preliminary reports indicate that three busses were following each other, when the third bus hit the second one from behind and overturned into a gorge.
The busses were carrying ANC members from the Molemole Sub- Region, within the Capricorn District Municipality.
Sources: The Department of Transport and Community Safety, Limpopo Traffic Department
“A bus from Botlokwa ferrying ANC supporters en route to Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga has gone off the road and rolled approximately 20 meters down the steep embankment on the R71 Magoebaskloof, killing five occupants at around 3am”, stated the Limpopo Traffic Department Twitter announcement.
“Limpopo MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Florence Radzilani and other government leaders have been recused from the 8 January 2024 statement in Mbombela, to attend to an accident scene on the R71, at the Makgoebaskloof outside Tzaneen. She will be leading a team of government leaders, including the MEC for Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, the Executive Mayor of Mopani District, Clr Pule Shayi, the Mayor of Molemole Local Municipality, Clr Edward Paya, and other government leaders as visited the scene of the accident and patients in various hospitals.”
Preliminary reports indicate that three busses were following each other, when the third bus hit the second one from behind and overturned into a gorge.
The busses were carrying ANC members from the Molemole Sub- Region, within the Capricorn District Municipality.
Sources: The Department of Transport and Community Safety, Limpopo Traffic Department