Ga-Sekgopo crash: Limpopo government to assist families of the 12 victims
Ntokozo Khumalo
30 September 2025 | 5:30On Sunday, a taxi transporting passengers from a church service collided with two trucks.
Tragic accident that occurred on the R81 in Ga-Sekgopo on Sunday afternoon, involving a minibus taxi and two heavy motor vehicles. Photo: Arrive Alive
The Limpopo government has assured the families of the 12 church congregants who died in a horrific crash that it will assist in burying their loved ones.
On Sunday, a taxi transporting passengers from a church service collided with two trucks.
All the passengers, including a child, died in the accident on the R81 near Ga-Sekgopo.
READ: Limpopo Premier to launch road safety drive after R81 crash claims 12 lives
In a media briefing on Monday, Premier Phophi Ramathuba announced that different departments will support affected families.
"Even if we are saying, we can't say there is a budget meant for issues like this, but you will have to put up a team that will be led, and also our office, as a premier's office, and the office of both the transport committee safety, and also health, equally social development. We'll put up a team so that we should be able to support you as families, in order for us to find the final closure. We know this is a disaster, this is not common."
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