South Africa: Saftu Remembers Victims of May Day 2013 Bus Tragedy

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says Workers' Day is an occasion not only to celebrate workers' victories, but also to remember those who died in one of the most horrific accidents in the country's history.

On Workers' Day in 2003, a bus carrying workers - Cosatu members - from Sol Plaatje municipality in Kimberley plunged into the Saulspoort Dam, near Bethlehem, on the way to a rally in QwaQwa.

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