Molepolole: A village in distress

Source: Mmegi Online
Author: Mpho Mokwape, Pini Bothoko

MOLEPOLOLE: Just when Molepolole, the home of Bakwena, one of the major was recovering from the recent riots that had left the village in flames yet another tragedy has struck the village again leaving the whole nation reeling in shock.

This past Easter holiday a bus that was carrying pilgrims from St Engenas Zion Christian Church or Sione ya Lephoi, from Molepolole branch, was involved in a tragic road accident on a highway leading to ZCC Moria pilgrimage near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa.

The bus driver allegedly lost control, hitting barriers on the side of bridge causing the bus to fall into a river some 50 metres down. Bus subsequently hit the rocky ground and caught fire leaving 45 people dead with only one survivor, a minor aged eight years.