The Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa has deployed a team to assess the needs and ascertain circumstances around a bus accident that claimed the lives of 13 Zimbabweans in the Western Cape Province on Saturday evening.
A Simlex Bus Company coach collided with a commercial truck that was going in the opposite direction, 140km before Cape Town along the Hex River Pass.
The bus was travelling from Harare to Cape Town. The stretch of road on which the accident occurred has sharp curves.
Reports suggest that the driver jumped out of the bus during the collision, but unfortunately, he died as well.
Zimbabwe’s Consular General in Cape Town, Esther Mudambo said the 13 people who perished in the accident were yet to be identified. She said (<a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/western-cape-bus-tragedy-latest-zimbabwe-embassy-dispatches-team-to-accident-scene/">via The Herald</a>):
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Following the tragic accident that occurred on March 9, about 140 km from Cape Town, South Africa along the N1 highway, involving a Zimbabwe-operated bus company, Simlex Tours, officials from the Zimbabwe Consulate visited the accident scene to offer assistance.
Currently, the Consulate is working flat out to assist the victims of the accident. Preliminary reports indicate that 13 people are confirmed dead, while 12 are still hospitalised, nine are at the Worcester Hospital and three others are hospitalised in Cape Town.
Thirty-eight (38) have since been discharged and further details will be availed in due course.
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Zimbabwe Embassy Dispatches Team To Western Cape Bus Accident Scene

A devastating fire ripped through the Masiphumelele informal settlement in Western Cape, South Africa in the early hours of Saturday morning, leaving 600 people homeless.
The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre has since put out a call to the Gift of the Givers to assist those in need.
According to the City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue spokesperson, Jermaine Carelse, the team responded to the blaze at 01:23 on Saturday. Fifteen fire-fighting units from fire stations and 50 firefighters extinguished the blaze by 07:24. Said Carelse:
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The City’s Fire and Rescue Service was alerted that there were informal structures on fire in Masemola Street.
No injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Gift of the Givers, which was on the scene, said preliminary assessments indicated that 152 informal homes had been gutted. Said project manager Ali Sablay:
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Our teams were out preparing hot nutritious meals which were delivered at noon with bottled water, blankets, and baby care packs as an initial intervention.
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Speaking to News24 from where their homes once were, residents expressed their “hurt” in not being able to salvage what they had inside their homes.
They said fires were a usual occurrence at the settlement and they are always left with nothing. 

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