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A total of 44 people died during long weekend

The memorial services of the 24 people who died in Limpopo will be held on Thursday at 12h00 midday while a mass funeral will take place on Saturday.

The venue of the funeral is still yet to be confirmed.

A total of 44 people lost their lives throughout the long weekend on Limpopo roads.

Mopane district municipality spokesperson, Witness Tiva said that they were able to identify the families of the deceased and 19 of them were learners from four local high schools.

He added that community members were still in shock about what happened but they were happy that the minister of transport, Fikile Mbalula appeared to speak to the community members.

Mbalula requested the community members to be patient with the investigations. He added that they need to work together during this terrible grieving period for the Limpopo province.

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