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By Staff Reporter, Chief Nxumalo 
14h ago
Durban – The city manager of Ulundi District Municipality, where 13 people were killed in a terrible accident between a minibus taxi and a truck on the R66 between Melmoth and Ulundi, described the carnage at the scene as an “obscene mortality”.
He said the Ulundi community has been “shocked to the core” after the accident.
“I personally inspected the accident scene and had never seen such an obscene mass mortality through a roadside carnage,” Zulu said.
“People died a slow and painful death without mercy. Some were left charred beyond recognition, while others died with body parts dumped all over the road. All this in view of other motorists and emergency services who could do very little to save lives, “he said.
He called on the Department of Transportation to make the licensing processes for truck and truck drivers more stringent.
“We observe that foreigners who present driver’s licenses obtained in their countries mainly present Code 14. These are people who are employed at low cost by transport companies to drive trucks on our public roads. Therefore, we appeal to the DOT to strengthen the validation mechanisms for these licenses and impose heavy penalties on South African companies that employ these butcher-prone drivers, ”he said.
Meanwhile, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transportation MEC Bheki Ntuli has conveyed its condolences to the family of the 13 deceased.
“It is a horrible incident and now we are coming out of the accident last week where we were burying 14 people at once and today we are having this accident. It is a shame that these accidents happen during October Transport Month, where we are working hard on the ground to try to get people to comply with the rules of the road, ”Ntuli said.
The MEC said it was concerned about the number of crashes as the holiday season approaches.
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