A horrific head-on collision over the weekend claimed 19 lives in total, of which 14 members are from one family. Another three members of this family have been admitted to a local hospital.

The driver of the taxi and his friend also died in the crash.

The deceased were travelling in a minibus taxi from Bloemhof, where they were attending a wedding anniversary party.

Family spokesperson Lebogang Ntlatseng says they do not have sufficient funds to cover the costs of the funeral.

“As the family, we will like the government to assist us with funeral costs because we lost many family members and also we have not decided when are we going to bury them, so we will decide about it because we have been waiting for the government to visit us first. We also still waiting for post mortem results.”

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