45 killed in Mokopane bus crash
2024 ж. 27 Нау.
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45 people died after the bus they were travelling in lost control, plunged off a bridge and then caught fire on the Mamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken. They were travelling from Botswana to St Engenas ZCC in Moria for the Easter conference. Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga has sent her condolences to the grieving families and the Botswana government. Chikunga and Limpopo transport MEC Florence Radzilani were scheduled to conduct a road safety operation campaign at the Kranskop Toll Plaza when they received news of the crash.
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Sorry to Botswana and their people . Especially the families involved.
I am so sad for these innocent people on the way to their church. One of the worst accidents in the Country. May they rest in peace 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Amen. Rest in peace beautiful souls😢
Deepest condolences to the families, friends and ZCC
Heart breaking accident may God comfort the families that lost their loved ones.
Drivers lose control! And it is very traumatic! Every year something like this happens! Condolences to the families. 😢
What an awful way to die 💔. Courage to the families left behind
Please send our heart felt condolences dear Lord 💔
Buses don't loose control, drivers do.
Brakes do fail sometimes.😊
They do lose control. Driving a bus is nothing like driving that little KIA Picanto of yours. Busses and Trucks are no joke. And let me remind you that unlike taxi drivers or you KIA drivers, you don't get to just drive a bus or truck after getting your driving license. You need to go get extra professional training for you to be eligible for only a job interview at a transport company. In those interviews you will be tested on your theoretical knowledge of road laws, driving heavy vehicles, and vehicle maintenance. If you pass this test, then you will be taken to a practical on-road test. Even after getting hired, bus companies do not allow new hires to drive cross border or long routes without having gained experience working in that particular company. Also, unlike a Picanto or Quantum, a bus has to be taken to a roadworthy checkup every 6 months to keep its operating permits. At the end of the day, you can have the most trained driver and the most well maintained bus, things that defy the odds can still happen (tyre burst on a newly purchased premium brand tyre, brake failure right after passing a roadworthy test, brake overheating on a bus with no retarder or jake brake, special curves called "reducing radius curves", etc).
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior unfortunately for your diatribe I do have an extra heavy duty licence and travelled thousands of miles/kilometers in my own trucks. You are welcome to contact me if you require some specialized training!
@@vinay9053 agree that is a failure, not a loss of control.
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior it also seems that you have plenty of experience with Picantos!! Enjoy it.
it looks like the driver was not knowledgeable about this route hence the long breaking distance he was not aware of the curved bridge
Exactly 😪
Any statement from the church to family maybe from the church spoke person or so
Life is spiritual and the fact that you're on your way to church does not guarantee protection against the devil, if l say this was projected in the realm of the spirit, someone would say am too spiritual...nope am not but my spirit man is always 10 steps ahead...we need to pray and believe that our God will never fail us. May their souls rest in peace 🕊️
Amen to that🕊🙏
You are protected when you listen to God. Church begins with you when repent and allow God to rule over you. We need to associate with other people who are Churches in order to become one Church.
So all this comments..no one seeing the problem on the bridge 😮.. I mean the bridge is not buricated, I mean that height is small .. if the bridge was buricated with high walls would be safe . What kind of bridge is this.. no safety . Poor engineering 😢
God bless their souls
Condolences to the families
No one is innocent in life that’s why this kind of things are happening
@@adjustedminds8410 Most people are innocent. Very few people in the world are killers or armed robbers. Take your distasteful comments and save them for your little drinking buddies on the street corner.
Condolonces to all family's of these innocent people that lost their lives
That road is very dangerous. It was closed for some years cause rocks were falling from the mountains, any driver not familiar with that road and not careful would result in disaster. Condolences to the families and hope the church and the two governments would compensate and help fully the families involved.
thank you for sharing this key information. deceitful news networks will not tell the entire truth to protect those in corruption.
Condolences
Taking the back road suggests he had no licence and was going far too fast to slow down. Probably tried to use only breaks to stop.
Good grief! How? Why? Condolences to families.....😢
So sad, Condolences to all.
Condolences to their families.
My prayers go out to the loved ones of the deceased. May the Lord give them peace and comfort them throught this this very difficult time.🙏🏿
Many drivers don't know how to read road signs
🕊️🕊️ condolences to their familys , this is heart breaking 💔
Lord have mercy 🇧🇼🌹🙏
Almost traumatic is a vast understatement of how the local people must have felt looking at the carnage 😢
The government better fix that Bridge. R.I.P ❤❤
So sad condolences to families
So sad my condolences to the families 😢
condolences to the families but that bus was speeding did not see the curve in the road to late!
Ever heard of a concept called a "blind curve"?
You right he driving in a higher speed
@@phineasmasori3540 Busses and trucks don't drive at higher speeds going down a mountain. Where in your whole life have you seen that happen?
@@angrysocialjusticewarrior You are very defensive, the driver ignored road signs, finish and klaar. There's adequate road signs to warn one of curves, steeps, road hazards, etc. It's heartbreaking people lost lives.
@@nhlanhlaradebe8 I can see the point of my rhetorical question went you. I ask again, when have you every in your whole life... ever seen a commercial driver ignore road signs or drive fast when going downhill. Even if you can give me one example its fine. There is a reason why you are battling to answer this question. Its because you have never seen it... because it doesn't happen. They can break laws in other situations but not on a downhill. So you tell me what's more likely, this driver chose to be the first bus driver to willingly speed on a downhill mountain... or something went wrong with the truck (e.g brake overheating) and he failed to control the bus when it reach the curve at the bottom of the steep?
Why so anyway?
Terribly sad occurrence. Condolences to everyone 🎉❤
May their souls rest in peace 😢
Oh no 😢 may their souls rest in peace 🙏🏾
this is painful and sad..hope the lil child will recover
So sad may they rest in peace
💔💔💔😭 May their soul rest in peace 🕯🕯✨️✨️ & May the little girl who survived recover and heal from the trauma she went through 🙏🏼💝✝️✨️
Condolences to their family and friends 😭💔
May all their souls rest in peace 🙏
Deepest Condolences to the bereaved families, May the Lord comfort you all
Condolences to the family
Sooooo the bus lost control ??? ...WHAT a disgrace that this carnage continues unabated....😮
Speed Speed Speed & Speed
What a big loss of our people
Condolences to Families...
Sincere condolences to bereaved families and friends 🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏻
Traffic cops to be blamed..they also corrupt...
My mother died on good Friday in 2005 at kwahlabisa . On good Friday i dont go anywhere cos I've witnessed it 10 PPL perishing in front of me including my mom. It's been 19 years it still feels like yesterday 😢
So sorry for your loss.May you find comfort in the Lord
@@dephinecee8815 thank you so much dear❤️
Speed and visiblity were some of the factors here. It's possible the driver underestimated the braking distance. The road looks small for a bus and trailer. When it's all said and done, this is very tragic. Condolences to the family and friends affected. May the Lord be with them in this time.🙏🙏🙏
Heartbreaking 😢
Condolences to their families
Condolences to the families 😢💔
Guys ... As a sensible human being ... condolences for the loss to their families and the church ... This is indeed a very difficult road and the driver might be new to the area ... as it is just an unfortunate situation where police escort were needed for this event ... May their souls rest in eternal peace ... GOD BLESS THE EVENT ...
So sad..Rest in peace
May they souls rest in peace❤️
Condolences to the Botswana and families
My condolences to the families and friends May their souls rest in peace 💔😭😭😭
May their souls rest in peace
Que terrible QUE DOLOR !!!!!!!!!!
It's not easy 😢😢
So sorry 💔
So sad incident, rip
Ooh my God. They were already nearest the church NOW CHILDREN HAS GOT NO PARENTS
So sad rest in peace
This is a tragedy.
Bridge not buricated.. that hight is small
So sad.😭😭😭😭
Also to the coming commenters, may we refrain from trying to make this political. Thank you.
Political and religious. Some sick people trolling here.
Lord's intervention 🙏🙏
So sad rip
May u all rest in peace
Speed is most definitely the cause, driving steadily and slowly won't make a vehicle lose control. People don't adhere to the rules of the road.
So sad and painfull😭😭
Sorry 😢😢😢😢😢
They were just unlucky because Mokopane road is not even bad or have any problems. May their souls rest in peace.
Sad😢😢
Rlp😢
This is the most devastating news, and we pray for the peace of God that surpasses all understanding to attend to the families of the deceived.
Did she say "on the floor"? No, no, no, got to listen to it again... ... ... Yeah, she said it "on the floor. Correction: It's on the road.
Lets really talk about this...SA has one of the worst roads in the world...is it worth it to travel during Easter in huge numbers in these roads..is it really worth it?
This could happen to one of us.
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I think it's overspeed 😢
Let's be honest " the route that the driver took it wrong was total wrong
Jah rest the dead😢.for the time is now that we shall not worship on this mountain neither shall we go to Jerusalem to worship Jah.Placing Jah at certain place is old tried tested and failed .how long shall people die every easter pilgrim???Black man wake up and live
Bus was empty..
Onkosi Yami Yami yamkela imimoya Yaba ntwana bakho upholise nemindeni yabo😢😭😭
This bus should have travelled on the N1 instead of this dangerous route.
They are from Botswana, the route is not dangerous if you stick and adhere to the rules of the road, Speed is most likely the cause. even on the N1 accidents happen daily, but the route is straight, mostly likely cause is Speed Speed Speed nothing else.
Innocent people shame😢
There where no law enforcement people on a bad road like this in this time of the year,hence the minister is not shore what happened,something is wrong here or maybe even God is fed up with these kind of leaders,how can u drive alone in a country u not familiar with,cavvy long road with no traffic police visible
What kind of shi+ is this to post?
Have some respect please, people died in this tragic accident and you blame leanership. Since when is a vehicle accident associated with leadership. What nonsense is this you are talking about?
@@ActiveSide-ud3nh this person has a point. If more law enforcement was applied on the roads, there would be less horrific tragedies that occur on our roads annually. We have one of the highest road accident statistics in the world, due to the lawlessness state of our country. Leaders can and must step in to enforce change, otherwise we will forever see the news of carnage on our roads, especially over holiday periods.
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@@maruskaehrensdorfer That place is rural deep in Limpopo even during the day I am sure U would see traffic cops there after 6 months. Speeding on that road was the cause of the accident. It's the first of its kind of this type of accident there. The driver had no knowledge of the danger of that road. Condolences, it's a sad loss of life.
Too terrible. Condolences to their families.
Mmmmmmm😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Hoop busbestuurder was nugter
Sacrifices
My sincere thoughts and prayers for those who lost their lives, and their loved ones.
How sad, another death by religion😪
How so?
Africans will still not ask..why thier God could not stop this from happening!!!
Which God can stop this from happening?
Probably there’s no God!!
Such sad news that this accident happened and 45 people have lost their lives and only one 8 year old survivor. Can’t bear to think there were children and mothers in such a horrific accident. The government should issue out an investigation on what occurred and how the bus ended up crashing. Sincere condolences to the families and the victims othis tragedy. RIP🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sincere condolences to the pple of my country,especially the affected families.may God give us strength in these difficult times.MTSRIP.
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