Julius Malema and other senior Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members plan to attend a funeral service in Vryheid today.
Honouring ten party members who died in a tragic bus crash earlier this week.
Returning from Youth Day Rally
The victims were travelling home from the EFF’s Youth Day rally held in Durban on 16 June when their bus collided with a truck on the R34 near Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
The crash, which occurred on Monday night, left at least 30 other passengers injured.
Families to lay victims to rest
Families will lay the victims to rest at their respective homes after the funeral service.
The EFF has called the incident a devastating loss to the movement and extended condolences to the families of those who died.
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