{"id":13105,"date":"2025-10-21T05:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/governments-of-zimbabwe-malawi-to-bury-citizens-killed-in-sa-horror-bus-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:12","slug":"governments-of-zimbabwe-malawi-to-bury-citizens-killed-in-sa-horror-bus-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/governments-of-zimbabwe-malawi-to-bury-citizens-killed-in-sa-horror-bus-crash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Governments of Zimbabwe, Malawi to bury citizens killed in SA horror bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Office of the Premier has confirmed that the 44th person has succumbed to injuries in hospital. Zimbabwe\u2019s diplomat, Shepherd Gwenzi, and Malawi\u2019s High Commissioner to SA, Stella Ndau made the announcement during a meeting with Limpopo government officials and affected families at Siloam Hospital. The identification of the deceased is underway at the hospital. Gwenzi says both countries are on mourning.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cThe government of Zimbabwe will continue to assist the families of both the deceased and the injured with transport and accommodation until the conclusion of the ongoing processes. We are working with the government of SA and the high commissioner of Malawi to ensure that the requirements enabling the repatriation of the deceased for burial and Zimbabwe and Malawi respectively are completed within the shortest time frame possible,\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2013SABC\u2013<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13114,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78],"class_list":["post-13105","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The governments of Zimbabwe and Malawi have pledged to cover all repatriation and medical expenses for victims of the bus crash that killed 44 people on the N1 near Louis Trichardt, in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province||The governments of Zimbabwe and Malawi have pledged to cover all repatriation and medical expenses for victims of the bus crash that killed 44 people on the N1 near Louis Trichardt, in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province","published_date":"2025-10-21 00:00:00||2025-10-21 00:00:00","news_description":"The governments of Zimbabwe and Malawi have pledged to cover all repatriation and medical expenses for victims of the bus crash that killed 44 people on the N1 near Louis Trichardt, in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province||The governments of Zimbabwe and Malawi have pledged to cover all repatriation and medical expenses for victims of the bus crash that killed 44 people on the N1 near Louis Trichardt, in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province","form_embed":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/governments-of-zimbabwe-malawi-to-bury-citizens-killed-in-sa-horror-bus-crash\/||http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/governments-of-zimbabwe-malawi-to-bury-citizens-killed-in-sa-horror-bus-crash\/","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27166,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13105\/revisions\/27166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}