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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Jacob Zuma.

‘Ekurhuleni 10 will meet ANC stalwarts in heaven’ – Ramaphosa

On Saturday Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa attended the funeral of several ANC members killed in a bus crash after the ANC’s Manifesto Launch.

One person has died as a result of injuries sustained when a temporary scaffolding collapsed at a concert at the Cape Town Stadium due to high winds.

KZN bus crash leaves 65 injured

A bus carrying 65 people has overturned in KwaZulu-Natal, leaving all on board injured, says an emergency medical service.

At least 29 people were killed in the bus crash in north-east Thailand.

Thailand bus accident kills 29

A bus has plunged into a deep ravine in north-east Thailand, killing at least 29 people and leaving four others critically injured.

Moloto bus crash: ‘This carnage must stop,’ says Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has expressed his shock at the deaths of 29 people on a commuter road notorious for fatal crashes.

The Moloto Road is notorious for fatal crashes like this one in April, which killed three people. (Gallo)

Bus, truck crash on Mpumalanga road kills scores

A bus and truck collision in Mpumalanga has killed 29 people and severely injured 11 others, on a road notorious for fatal accidents.

Gauteng school bus contract suspended

The Gauteng department of education has suspended its bus contract with an unnamed company following an accident in which 38 pupils were injured.

The road is notorius for serious accidents. A bus accident in 2010 also claimed 20 lives.

Investigation launched after 24 killed in W Cape bus crash

An investigation has been launched after 24 people died when a bus veered off Hex River Pass near De Doorns, says the provincial transport minister.

The school principal of Cradock Primary School was among the 16 killed when a bus and minibus collided on the R61 between Cradock and Graaf-Reinet in the Eastern Cape.

School principal among dead in Cradock bus crash

The school principal of Cradock Primary School was among the 16 killed when a bus and minibus collided.

Fifteen children, driver killed in Knysna bus crash

Fifteen people have died — 14 of them children — and 42 were injured when a school bus plunged off a bridge and into a dam in Knysna this morning.

Eight mine workers killed in bus accident

Eight mine workers were killed and at least 40 injured when a bus overturned on the R501 in Doornfontein on Friday morning.

Dozens injured in Northcliff bus accident

Sixty-seven people were injured, four of them seriously, in a bus accident in Northcliff, Johannesburg, on Monday morning, paramedics said.

Twelve dead in E Cape bus accident

A twelfth person has died after a bus accident in the Eastern Cape on Thursday, traffic officials said.

Holiday season accidents on the rise

Metro police will conduct a number of road blocks in an attempt to curb drunken driving as road accidents rise with ten people killed in a bus crash.

Eleven dead in KZN bus accident

Eleven people died and 18 others were injured after the bus they were travelling in went down a bank near Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).