THE South African driver of a tour bus in which 26 British nationals and a local tour guide were killed in an accident in Mpumalanga in 1999 will be tried in the Lydenburg Regional Court on a charge of culpable homicide and an alternative charge of reckless driving between April 2 and 6. Phillip Dube, 41, described as a “model employee”, was released on a warning. The Springbok Atlas bus crashed down the side of the Long Tom Pass just outside Lydenburg on September 27, 1999. – African Eye News Service