Johannesburg - Eight African National Congress marshals on their way home from the launch of the ANC’s August 3 local government elections manifesto in Port Elizabeth are believed to have died in a road accident in the Free State, the party said on Sunday.
“The African National Congress has learnt with sadness of a fatal accident in the Free State where a bus carrying comrades returning from the ANC manifesto rally in Port Elizabeth overturned,” spokesman Zizi Kodwa said.
“The ANC is still clarifying details about the accident and will issue further details once all pertinent information has been verified. Our thoughts are with the injured and bereaved at this time,” he said.
According to an ANC Gauteng tweet, eight ANC marshals died when the bus overturned on the N1 in the Free State.
– African News Agency