Leaders of South Africa and Botswana visit site of tragic accident

Pretoria, April 11 (Prensa Latina) The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, and his Botswana counterpart, Mokgweetsi Masisi, visited today the site of a bus accident, in the northern province of Limpopo, which caused the death of 45 people .

April 11, 2024
10:55

According to a statement from the Presidency, the Heads of State and Government began their visit to Limpopo with a closed-door briefing by local officials in Mokopane before visiting the site of the accident, which occurred in late March this year.

The text recalls that Ramaphosa conveyed his condolences on behalf of the South African government to Botswana following the tragic accident of a bus transporting Easter pilgrims to Moria.

The bus, which was traveling from Molepolole in Botswana to Moria in Limpopo, to celebrate Easter, plunged off the bridge along the Mmamatlakala Pass on March 28, 2024.

The only survivor of the accident was an eight-year-old boy.

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