Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said the repatriation of the 45 victims of a bus crash from the province will give the people of Botswana closure.
The 45 people died when the bus they were travelling in plunged off a bridge and caught fire.
The passengers were making their way to Moria for an annual Easter pilgrimage.
An 8-year-old was the sole survivor of the crash. She said she remembers being carried and thrown out of the window of a moving bus.
Two aircraft from Botswana arrived at the Polokwane International Airport to repatriate the remains of the 45 nationals.
Ramathuba said identifying the bodies had been a gruelling process but she was thankful that the families would finally find closure.
“Finally, the people of Botswana will find closure because they will receive the bodies of their loved ones, where they will start with the preparation of the funerals.”
Ramathuba also lauded the forensic system in South Africa, saying it was efficient.
“This particular situation has been able to demonstrate the capacity that our scientific processes of DNA sampling does have.”
-EWN
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