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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visits families of bus crash victims

The African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to visit bereaved families of victims that perished in a bus accident that happened at Magoebaskloof near Tzaneen, Limpopo on the weekend.

Six ANC supporters died and four critically injured after a bus they were travelling in crashed at Magoebaskloof near Tzaneen, Limpopo in the early hours of Saturday. The bus was on its way to Mbombela , Mpumalanga for the party’s 112th anniversary celebrations.

According to ANC’s first Deputy General Secretary Nomvula Mokonyane said as the organisation they were quite sadden by the passing of their members.

“Our leaders from Limpopo have gone home back to Limpopo and quite saddened by that.

Their attempts of being here will never be in vain,” the DSG added.

Limpopo Transport spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene, preliminary report revealed that the accident occurred when the buses were closely following each other.

“The reports indicate that 3 buses were following each other, when the third bus hit the second one from behind and overturned into a gorge.

The buses were carrying ANC members from the Molemole Sub- Region, within the Capricorn District Municipality,” added Chuene.

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