{"id":41722,"date":"2026-08-06T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41722"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:50:52","slug":"repatriation-begins-in-sa-province-as-families-identify-n1-bus-crash-victims","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/repatriation-begins-in-sa-province-as-families-identify-n1-bus-crash-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Repatriation begins in SA province as families identify N1 bus crash victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Repatriation processes are underway in the Free State province, South Africa (SA) for the victims of the N1 bus crash that claimed 11 lives between Trompsburg and Edenburg.<\/p>\n<p>The bus, which overturned last Thursday, was travelling from Cape Town to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s Consul-General in Johannesburg, Eria Phiri, will assist families with the identification of the deceased at the Free State government mortuary in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n<p>He will be accompanied by Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae and Health Member of the Executive Council Monyatso Mahlatsi for the formal handover process.<\/p>\n<p>Free State Department of Health spokesperson Mondli Mvambi says 10 patients remain under medical care at Universitas and Pelonomi hospitals in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n<p>Mvambi says, \u201cAutopsies completed and identification of victims from the July 30 N1 bus crash between Trompsburg and Edenburg resumed this Thursday. Letsoha-Mathae and Health MEC Monyatso Mahlatsi will receive the Consul-General of Zimbabwe in Johannesburg, Eria Phiri, at Free State House \u2013 Bloemfontein this morning. The selected delegation will then proceed to meet the next of kin to identify the 11 deceased. After permits and formal handovers, dignified repatriation will proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22584,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41722","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The bus, which overturned last Thursday, was travelling from Cape Town to Zimbabwe.","published_date":"","news_description":"The bus, which overturned last Thursday, was travelling from Cape Town to Zimbabwe.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41722","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41723,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41722\/revisions\/41723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}