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The funeral service for 45 bus crash victims underway in Botswana

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A mass funeral service for the 45 Botswana nationals who died in a bus crash in Mokopane, Limpopo, is underway in Botswana.

Members of Saint Engenas ZCC were en route to a pilgrimage in Moria outside Polokwane on the Easter weekend when their bus plunged down a bridge and caught fire.

An eight-year-old girl was the sole survivor of the crash.

The passengers had to be identified through DNA tests.

A large number of mourners are attending the funeral service at Molepolole sports complex in Botswana.

Limpopo’s Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba is representing President Cyril Ramaphosa at the funeral.

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