At least 34 people have died, and 16 others have been injured in accidents on Western Cape and Gauteng roads this Easter weekend.

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19 April 2022

The worst accident was recorded in the Western Cape, on Good Friday, where 11 people were killed and 13 others injured after a bus and minibus collided on the N1 between Leeu-Gamka and Beaufort West. Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works spokesperson Jandré Bakker says another accident on the R43 between Hermanus and Stanford claimed 3 lives and left others seriously injured.

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Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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