Molepolole: A village in distress
Friday, April 05, 2024 | 780 Views |
Molepolole Village PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
This past Easter holiday a bus that was carrying pilgrims from St Engenas Zion Christian Church or Sione ya Lephoi, from Molepolole branch, was involved in a tragic road accident on a highway leading to ZCC Moria pilgrimage near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa.
The bus driver allegedly lost control, hitting barriers on the side of bridge causing the bus to fall into a river some 50 metres down. Bus subsequently hit the rocky ground and caught fire leaving 45 people dead with only one survivor, a minor aged eight years.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...