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MEC urges urgent action after another fatal N1 crash

MEC urges SANRAL for urgent N1 safety action

By Kaizer Nengovhela • 26 February 2026
MEC urges urgent action after another fatal N1 crash

Limpopo MEC Violet Mathye urged SANRAL to urgently implement safety measures at a notorious N1 hairpin bend after a fatal bus crash. This incident, which killed six, follows a previous accident at the same spot that claimed 44 lives last year. SANRAL plans a major road upgrade, but interim solutions are being assessed for the dangerous curve.

Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC Violet Mathye has called on the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to take urgent action to prevent further loss of life at the notorious hairpin bend on the N1 north near Ingwe Lodge, which was again the scene of a fatal bus accident last week.

Mathye addressed members of the media on the N1 north outside Louis Trichardt, where the accident occurred during the early hours of Thursday, 19 February, claiming six lives. At the time, sev...

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