FIVE Zimbabweans - a woman and four men including the bus driver - died on Sunday afternoon when their bus overturned in what is suspected to be fatigue on the part of the driver.
The accident occurred near the Nyl Toll Plaza just outside Mokopane south of Polokwane just five days after another bus accident claimed 10 Zimbabweans whose names are yet to be released.
Limpopo member of the Executive Committee (MEC), Violet Mathye expressed sadness over the tragedy.
“A cross-border bus, which was reportedly travelling from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe, overturned along the N1-north towards the Nyl Plaza, outside Mokopane. Five people - one female and four males, lost their lives as a result of the accident. The accident happened at around 17h30, on Sunday, 1st September 2024," said a statement by the acting spokesman for Transport and Community Safety, Phuti Lekganyane. “Several other passengers sustained injuries of varying degrees, in the process, and were taken to hospitals in Mokopane. “
Mathye said to appealed to bus companies to ensure their drivers are ‘fit for purpose’, as fatigue could possibly have been a cause in the latest accident.
Five days ago, 10 Zimbabweans died just outside Makhado (Louis Tritchard) in South Africa after a cross-border Mzansi Express bus they were travelling in overran a traffic circle resulting in the driver losing control of the vehicle, which then overturned.
The deceased consist of five males and five females who are yet to be named as their next of kin have not been informed.
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