9 churchgoers who died in crash on Mother's Day to be laid to rest on Sunday
The mass funeral of the Zion Christian Church congregants is taking place in Silethukukhayanya High School in Mtubatuba Municipality.
Eight people died, mostly mothers, when a tow truck crashed into the back of a minibus. Photo: X/@KZNTransport
JOHANNESBURG - The nine churchgoers who lost their lives on Mother's Day in a car crash in KwaZulu-Natal will be laid to rest on Sunday.
It is understood that most of the victims who died in the minibus accident on the N2 after Mthuzini Toll Plaza were women.
The mass funeral of the Zion Christian Church congregants is taking place in Silethukukhayanya High School in Mtubatuba Municipality.
The provincial transport department said that Sunday marked the final stage of mourning.
Department’s spokesperson Ndabezinhle Sibiya said: "We wish to draw the attention of the media to the following activities: Mkhwanazi family: this is a child-headed household following the death of Mama Winnie Nobuhle Mkhwanazi (52) on Mother’s Day. The children are now orphans, with no source of income. To complicate matters, children are living in abject poverty and in a dilapidated mud house. Tomorrow, we will announce interventions by the Department of Human Settlements."