Malema commits to building houses for families of fatal bus accident

EFF leader Julius Malema says his party will honour the lives of the 10 people killed in a bus accident on their way from the party’s KwaZulu-Natal rally by building their families houses. He said these properties will also be fitted with boreholes to ensure continued water supply.

- THABO MAKWAKWA

He made the promise when he delivered a keynote address during a mass funeral in Vryheid yesterday.

The victims, including Sbonga-konke Mathe (17), Ntombi Ndlovu (19), Lungani Mbatha (25), among others were killed last Monday when a bus carrying EFF supporters from Umlazi collided with a long-haul truck, resulting in a catastrophic crash.

Malema said the young lives lost were not mere statistics, but they were dreams cut short, representing the potential of a generation that should be shaping South Africa's future.

“To the families of these young heroes, we say you are not alone. Your loss is our loss. Your tears are our tears. Your children are not forgotten, he said