Cape Town – Free State Education MEC Tate Makgoe and his bodyguard have died after the car they were travelling in collided with two cows.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday.
Makgoe’s spokesperson Sello Dithebe confirmed the incident.
“The Free State emergency services crews responded to an accident outside Winburg on the N1 earlier this morning at about 1.30am.
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“On arrival they found a light motor vehicle that collided with two cows and three occupants were trapped inside it.
“They used the jaws of life to free the occupants and unfortunately, two were declared dead on the scene — MEC for education Tate Makgoe and one male protector.
“The one male driver of the vehicle suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Winburg Hospital for stabilisation, for later transportation to Bloemfontein,” Dithebe said.
According to SABC News, Makgoe was one of the long-serving members of the Executive Committee and a member of the provincial legislature of the Free State.
Between 1998 and 2001 he was Provincial Treasury and member of the Executive Committee of the ANC in the Free State, the report said.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
