Lerato Mbhiza
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday visited the families of party members from Limpopo who died in a bus crash on Saturday, the ANC said in a statement on Monday.
The bus, carrying ANC members from the Molemole sub-region, was traveling to the party’s 112th anniversary celebration at Mbombela stadium in Mpumalanga on Saturday and was involved in an accident on the R71 at the Makgoebaskloof outside Tzaneen.
Ramaphosa had a briefing session with the ANC Provincial Leadership, led by Chupu Mathabatha, and hospital management at Mankweng Hospital in the Polokwane Sub-region, Limpopo, before he also visited injured people.
Preliminary reports from the provincial Department of Transport and Community indicate that three buses followed each other when the third bus hit the second one from behind and overturned into a gorge.
Five people were confirmed dead, while several others sustained injuries and are receiving medical attention at various
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