Overview

• Authorities confirm 43 fatalities, with 30 Zimbabweans and six Malawians identified among the dead, while dozens were treated at nearby hospitals.
• Fingerprinting and photo verification continue at Tshilidzini Hospital as relatives arrive from Zimbabwe and Malawi, with Doves Funeral Services preparing repatriation after post-mortems.
• Cabinet says anti-retroviral and other prescription medicines found at the crash site have prompted a full-scale investigation into possible pharmaceutical smuggling.
• Limpopo police have opened an inquiry under Section 22A of the Medicines and Related Substances Act after bottles resembling codeine cough syrup were seen, and the lawful owner has not been identified.
• Officials are also probing how about 91 passengers traveled on a 61-seater that passed checkpoints, as a separate truck plunged off the nearby N1, renewing concerns about that hazardous stretch.