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Gov’t sets up fund for disasters like Limpopo 45

Bus accident PIC: FACEBOOK
Bus accident PIC: FACEBOOK

Government has established the Motlamedi Disaster Emergency Fund, which is aimed at providing swift assistance during times of crisis in the future.

This was pronounced on Thursday by President Mokgweetsi Masisi in a solemn address at the national memorial service for the 45 Batswana pilgrims who perished in a bus accident recently in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The President’s announcement comes in the wake of the tragic bus accident that overturned and fell over a bridge in Mamatlakala, where only an eight-year-old girl survived.

The bus accident, which claimed the lives of the pilgrims, sent shockwaves across the nation.

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