Nine ANC supporters have died, and 10 are in a critical condition after a bus they were traveling in overturned.
The supporters were traveling home to Mpumalanga from the launch of the ANC Election Manifesto in Durban.
The bus lost control and overturned on the R33 route, 5km from Paulpietersburg in KwaZulu Natal.
The ruling party confirmed the deaths of their supporters in a statement.
“We have received with profound shock the news of the untimely passing of our members from Mpumalanga Province. Tragically, our comrades were involved in a bus accident in Dumbe, KwaZulu-Natal, in the early hours of the morning while returning from the ANC’s highly successful launch of our elections manifesto Mayihlome Rally 2024.
“There are reports of several fatalities and a number of comrades in critical condition,” The ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said.
Bhengu-Motsiri also said that the party’s KZN and Mpumalanga provincial leadership are en
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