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Limpopo N1 Bus Crash: Identification Under Way as Repatriation Plans Gather Pace

Identification advances to enable repatriation for families across the border.

Overview

  • Police maintain the coach carried 91 passengers on the Zoutpansberg stretch of the N1 between Musina and Makhado, with 43 confirmed dead.
  • Forty survivors received care at Limpopo facilities and eight patients self-discharged, according to police.
  • Authorities began fingerprinting and photographing the deceased at Tshilidzini Hospital, where 17 families have arrived to help confirm identities.
  • Zimbabwean and Malawian officials are working with South African teams on verification and travel, with support pledged for relatives lacking documents.
  • Investigators are reconstructing the crash to probe possible overloading, fatigue, or mechanical failure, and officials caution the analysis will take time.