{"id":4096,"date":"2024-09-03T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:55:48","slug":"tragedy-strikes-again-zimbabwe-bound-bus-crash-in-south-africa-claims-5-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4096","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes Again: Zimbabwe-Bound Bus Crash in South Africa Claims 5 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Prominance Sinomusa Khumalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A devastating road accident occurred on Sunday evening in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, when a Zimbabwe-bound Tamuka Luxury bus overturned, resulting in the loss of five lives and leaving several passengers injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bus, which departed from Johannesburg, crashed on the N1 North towards the Nyl Plaza outside Mokopane around 5:30 PM. Four men and one woman were among the fatalities, while many passengers sustained injuries of varying degrees and were rushed to hospitals in Mokopane for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tragic incident comes just five days after a similar accident occurred near Polokwane, South Africa, where 10 people lost their lives and several were injured when a Mzansi Express bus traveling from Zimbabwe to Johannesburg was involved in a road accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety confirmed the accident, and an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our passengers is our top priority, and we are deeply saddened by this tragic incident,&#8221; said a spokesperson for Tamuka Luxury bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will cooperate fully with the authorities to determine the cause of the accident and ensure that measures are taken to prevent such incidents in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominance Sinomusa Khumalo A devastating road accident occurred on Sunday evening in Mokopane, Limpopo province, South Africa, when a Zimbabwe-bound Tamuka Luxury bus overturned, resulting in the loss of five&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4098,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/4098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}