Names of bus crash victims released
22 August 2016 - 09:29
The names of 11 South African National Defence Force members killed in a bus crash at Clarens in the Free State on Friday have been released.They are chaplain Phumza Teledimo, 37, and four civilians Lesego Cynthia Rasethuntsha, 25; Maria Jacobs, 57; Portia Palesa Ramabodu, 26; and Alice Thakanyane Masilo, 27.The soldiers killed were Corporal Akhona Tshoni, 30; Lance-corporal Sharon Nosiphiwe Macala, 27; Lance-corporal Cheena Roberta Jonkers, 30; Sergeant Matseko Josephine Madimabe, 26; Lance-corporal Maditsietsi Constance Morotolo, 26; and Private Maserame Dorcas Molibeli, 25.The driver is believed to have lost control of the bus...
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