Free State bus crash: Victims to be buried this weekend

Five men and five women were killed when the vehicle overturned on the N1 near Winburg. 

More than 50 other people were hurt. Initial reports indicate the drivers had been swapping seats at the time. 

The victims' families identified their loved ones at a Germiston mortuary yesterday.

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The families walked in mortuary, hand in hand, many hugging each other as they brace for a difficult task at hand. 

Shortly after the vehicle transporting the bodies pulled into the premises, an MK member saluted as they moved past. 

Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane who made the convoy as it can came into the province was emotional as she addressed the media, stressing the difficulty of the situation.

"This is a disaster that affects all of us, as citizens of Gauteng, as citizens of the province. We don't choose the colour of your political party, we assist all families if a situation like this happens," she said. 

(File photo: Maryke Vermaak, Jacaranda FM News)