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CNN —Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference apparently “lost control” and “plunged” off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported. An eight-year-old girl who survived has been airlifted to hospital, the public broadcaster reported. The crash happened in the Mamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, where the bus caught fire once it fell, public broadcaster SABC reported. South African Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga said the government will repatriate the bodies to Botswana, the broadcaster said. “I am sending my heartfelt condolences to the families affected by the tragic bus crash near Mamatlakala.
Persons: , , Sindisiwe Chikunga, ” Chikunga Organizations: CNN, South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, African Transport Locations: South Africa’s Limpopo, Gaborone, Botswana, Mokopane, Mamatlakala
CNN —At least 20 people - mostly mine workers - were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a truck, state media reported. The Limpopo transport department said on Monday 20 people were confirmed dead on the scene while two others died at the hospital. The vehicles collided on a major road between Musina town and Venetia mine in the northern Limpopo province, the transport agency added. Videos from the scene of the bus crash posted on social media showed bodies lying scattered on the ground and a plume of black smoke coming from the bus. In February, around 20 people were killed in a head-on crash between a bus and a cash-in-transit van, officials said at the time.
Persons: Murray, Roberts, , Venetia Organizations: CNN Locations: South Africa’s Limpopo, Limpopo, Musina, Venetia
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