News24newest.jpg Death toll is now 65 girls Cancel reed dance, solidarity network calls Tammy Petersen, News24, Cape Town, 29 August 2015 The death toll in an accident in which dozens of young women were killed in Swaziland on Saturday has risen to 65. Over 100 more have been hospitalised, Swaziland Solidarity Network spokesperson Lucky Lukhele told News24. The girls were killed on the Mbabane-Manzini highway while on their way to cut reeds for the annual Umhlanga reed dance. "Thirty-eight died at the scene," he confirmed. Another 27 died in hospital. "What makes this tragedy worse is that these women were being transported in a truck, which is against the law," he said. He reiterated the network's call for the reed dance to be cancelled. "If would be abhorrent if it should be allowed to go ahead," Lukhele insisted. "The event should instead be turned into a prayer session where support can be given to the families who have been affected." President Jacob Zuma has also sent his condolences to the people of Swaziland. "[We] share in the mourning of the families, as well as the relatives of the deceased. We wish the injured speedy recoveries," he said in a statement. From: <http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Cancel-reed-dance-solidarity-network-call s-as-death-toll-rises-20150829> http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Cancel-reed-dance-solidarity-network-calls -as-death-toll-rises-20150829 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
