The Limpopo Provincial Government has completed the first phase of repatriating 29 Zimbabwean nationals who died in the tragic N1 bus crash near Louis Trichardt earlier this month. The victims will be transported to Zimbabwe following the completion of identification procedures, while the identification of seven children is ongoing through DNA testing. Provincial authorities confirmed… Continue reading Bus Crash: Limpopo Government Concludes First Phase of Repatriation of 29 Zimbabwean Nationals
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A Journey Home That Ended in Tragedy: 42 Dead in Limpopo Bus Crash as South Africa Grapples With Rising Road Deaths
What was meant to be a hopeful journey home for dozens of travellers from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe turned into a scene of horror and heartbreak on Sunday evening, when a cross-border bus plunged down a steep embankment along the N1 near Ingwe Lodge in Limpopo. The devastating crash claimed 42 lives, including seven children, and… Continue reading A Journey Home That Ended in Tragedy: 42 Dead in Limpopo Bus Crash as South Africa Grapples With Rising Road Deaths
Soweto E-Hailing–Taxi War Boils Over: One Dead, Residents Demand Taxi Industry’s Removal
A bloody flare-up in the long-running conflict between taxi and e-hailing drivers has left one man dead, a taxi torched, and Soweto residents openly demanding that the taxi industry be driven out of their community. By Thursday midday, tensions remained dangerously high after a Toyota Quantum taxi was set alight, hours after a 35-year-old e-hailing… Continue reading Soweto E-Hailing–Taxi War Boils Over: One Dead, Residents Demand Taxi Industry’s Removal