22 IFP supporters injured in Vryheid bus accident

ULUNDI - A total of 22 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters have been injured in a bus accident in Vryheid, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday morning.

The Department of Transport in the province said road traffic inspectorate officers were now investigating the actual cause of the accident.

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Preliminary reports suggest the bus driver transporting the party supporters from Gauteng to Ulundi for the IFP's 50th-anniversary event failed to navigate a stop sign.

KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma said he was awaiting a full report on this.

"They are checking what might have disturbed. It might be different causes. We wouldn't want to pre-empt. We are just going to wait for a proper report at the end of the day. What we are delighted about is that there are no fatalities."