Swaziland King Mswati III ‘Umhlanga Reed Dance’ Accident Death Toll Revised Up To 65′

Swaziland King Mswati III ‘Umhlanga Reed Dance’ Accident Death Toll Revised Up To 65′

The death toll from a massive truck crash in Swaziland on Friday, which claimed the lives of girls and young women traveling to an annual dance festival, where one was to be picked as the king’s newest bride, has risen to 65, Swaziland Solidarity Network reported. The passengers were traveling in an open truck to cut reeds for the Umhlanga Reed Dance, an annual festival where the Swazi king traditionally chooses one of the participants…

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38Girls Die In Accident On Way To King Mswati III, Virgin Wife Choosing Reed Dance ‘Umhlanga’

38Girls Die In Accident On Way To King Mswati III, Virgin Wife Choosing Reed Dance ‘Umhlanga’

A road accident in Swaziland has killed 38 girls and seriously injured 20 others who were on their way to a traditional ceremony where King Mswati III can choose a new wife, pro-democracy activists reported. The accident happened on Friday night when their open truck smashed into a car on the road between the tiny kingdom’s two main cities, Mbabane and Manzini, en route to the traditional Reed Dance. “A total of 38 young girls…

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Indonesian Flight TGN267 , ‘Trigana Air Service plane’ ,54 On Board, Goes Missing In Papua

The aviation industry is potentially sitting on another airline disaster after an  Indonesian domestic Flight TGN267, ‘Trigana Air Service’ plane , also  the third aircraft to go missing in Asia over the last   18 months, lost contact with air traffic control  with 54 people on board in a remote Indonesian area of  Papua province today. The flight by Trigana Air Service departed from Sentani Airport in Jayapura at 2:22 p.m. and was scheduled to touch down  in Oksibil at…

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9 Zimbabweans Died On N1 highway After Kombi Rammmed Into Stationery Zambian Truck

9 Zimbabweans Died On N1 highway After Kombi Rammmed Into Stationery Zambian Truck

The identification process of the nine Zimbabweans who died in an accident early on Thursday morning in neighbouring South Africa is expected to take at least two weeks as most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition. South African police yesterday said they would need to do DNA tests to positively identify the victims. The nine died when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary Zambian haulage truck near Naboomspruit along…

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6Die AFTER CAR FAILS TO STOP AT ROAD BLOCK, RAMMING INTO HAULAGE TRUCK AT 6-KM PEG ON BYO-HRE HIGHWAY

Six people died on the spot when a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a horrific road traffic accident at the six-kilometre peg along the Bulawayo-Harare highway on the outskirts of the City of Kings Thursday morning. Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accident saying all passengers and a driver who were in the Toyota Vits died on the spot. Senior Assistant Commissioner Charamba said the Toyota Vits driver failed…

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‘Chief Nyakunhuwa Jerera Wafawanaka Mashavave Has Reportedly Died In Road Accident’

Chief Nyakunhuwa Jerera Wafawanaka Mashavave has reportedly died in a road accident. Nehanda Radio reported that the accident happened on Saturday at the Zaka turnoff near Buffalo Range airport in Chiredzi. “He is reported to have lost control of his vehicle, a ford ranger which veered off the road and overturned killing him on the spot. He was coming from Triangle, where he owns a sugarcane plot among his several businesses,” he said. Wafawanaka Mashavave…

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Six Dead, And Others Seriously Injured In Three Separate Accidents Countrywide In One Night

Six Dead, And Others Seriously Injured In Three Separate Accidents Countrywide In One Night

Six people died while several others were seriously injured in three separate accidents on Friday night. Two of the accidents that claimed five lives occurred along the Harare-Mutare highway while the other one happened at Jerera Growth Point in Zaka, Masvingo Chief Nyakunhuwa Jerera Wafawanaka Mashavave. Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the accidents last night. Snr Ass Com Charamba said three people died at the 104 km peg along the Harare-Mutare highway…

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Eight Feared Dead In Serious, Two Kombis Head On Collision Along Harare-Mutare Highway

Eight Feared Dead In  Serious, Two Kombis  Head On Collision  Along Harare-Mutare Highway

EIGHT people are reported to have lost their lives in a head-on collision involving two commuter omnibuses along the Harare-Mutare highway. Sources told NewZimbabwe.com that children were among the dead. “It happened just after Macheke along the Harare-Mutare highway. It looked really bad with several bodies strewn all over the roadside,” said an eyewitness. Another source said he had lost a brother in the accident. Mashonaland East police spokesperson identified only as Muzondo could not…

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Malaysian PM ‘Najib Razak’ Confirms, Wing Debris Found On Réunion, Island Belongs To MH370,

Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak confirmed that a piece of wing debris found on the island of Réunion, off the coast of Africa,belongs to MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished more than a year ago. The flaperon is the first physical evidence of what happened to the plane and the 239 people on board. source-guardian

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