{"id":7236,"date":"2024-05-05T02:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T02:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7236"},"modified":"2024-05-05T02:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T02:16:36","slug":"botswana-buries-44-victims-of-south-africa-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=7236","title":{"rendered":"Botswana buries 44 victims of South Africa bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/01000000-0aff-0242-61ec-08dc6c97c2ac_w800_h450.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<span class=\"dateline\">MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South Africa were laid to rest in neighboring Botswana on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>About 5,000 mourners clad in black gathered in the Botswana village of Molepolole to pay their last respects nearly a month after the bus crash that claimed the lives of everybody on board except one 8-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver, Ogaufi Noonyane, was buried separately in the village of Thamaga, about 40 kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were travelling to an Easter pilgrimage of the Zion Christian Church, one of the biggest churches in southern Africa, when their bus plunged about 50 meters from a bridge near Mokopane village in South Africa&#8217;s northern province of Limpopo.<\/p>\n<p>The accident was a tragic reminder of how deadly South Africa\u2019s roads become during the Easter period, when millions crisscross the country during the long holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The mass funeral followed the repatriation of the victims&#8217; remains to their home country of Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stand here with devastated hearts,&#8221; said Limpopo provincial minister of health Phophi Ramathuba, who was among the South African dignitaries who attended the funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Atlang Siako, the sole survivor, was transported back home to Botswana after receiving medical attention in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi visited the scene of the crash, where they laid wreaths and paid their respects to the deceased. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/botswana-buries-44-victims-of-south-africa-bus-crash-\/7598434.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana \u2014\u00a0 At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Botswana buries 44 victims of South 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