Nine people were killed and 55 were seriously injured in a bus accident near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal late on Saturday night, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported.
A case of culpable homicide has been opened. It is suspected that the driver lost control.
Police said the bus was travelling from Madadeni, near Newcastle, to a wedding at Mandini.
The accident is the second serious tragedy on South Africa’s roads involving buses in a week following another in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Thursday in which the driver was killed and 42 people, mostly children, were injured. – Sapa