42 killed as Harare-bound bus crashes on SA highway

By Mark Ogagan

Forty-two Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals have died after a bus taking them home overturned on a South African road , authorities have said.

The crash happened on Sunday night as the bus was moving through “a mountainous section” of the N1 highway in South Africa’s Limpopo province, local transport officials said.

The bus was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to Harare in Zimbabwe.

It is not clear how many people were travelling on the bus when it crashed, or its capacity.

As well as the seven children, 18 women and 17 men died, while 49 people were injured, authorities confirmed.

Government officials, including Transport Minister Barbara Creecy, are set to visit the scene of the crash as well as the injured passengers.

Limpopo Premier, Dr. Phophi Ramathuba will also visit the accident scene to meet the multi-disciplinary team to get the latest update.

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