Five KZN municipal workers killed as taxi collides with sugarcane truck

Two separate road accidents in KZN left a total of 11 people dead at the weekend. Stock image.KwaZulu-Natal co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho Hlomuka has conveyed his condolences to the families of five Jozini municipal workers who died in a car accident at the weekend.

The workers were killed when the minibus they were in collided with a sugarcane truck on the N2 outside Mtubatuba, in northern KZN, on Saturday evening. They were returning from a district sports event in the town. “As the sphere of local government, we are saddened by this tragic loss of life. To lose five officials in such a manner as this is really heartbreaking. Their loss leaves a huge void in this municipality,” said Hlomuka.after a taxi rolled down an embankment in the Inanda Dam area, west of Durban.

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