The crash happened in a mountainous region near the town of Mokopane.
Emergency workers in South Africa are searching for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire.Hours after the Thursday afternoon crash, smoke seeped from the mangled wreck underneath the concrete bridge.
“We were at the scene,” said local resident Simone Mayema, who said he was one of the first to arrive. “We tried to help there was nothing we could do because there was flames.” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the victims appeared to be all from Botswana and had been on their way to the town of Moria in Limpopo for a popular Easter weekend pilgrimage that attracts hundreds of thousands of worshippers from South Africa and neighbouring countries who follow the Zion Christian Church.
Ms Chikunga said there was an investigation under way into the cause of the crash and offered her condolences to the families of the victims.
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