The Pentecostal Holiness Church says the 13 people who died on Thursday night during a church service will be buried next weekend.
JOHANNESBURG - The Pentecostal Holiness Church has released the names of the 13 people who were killed during a wall collapse outside Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal.Heavy rainfall in the area had been partly blamed for the reason leading to the collapse.
The Pentecostal Holiness Church said the 13 people who died will be buried next weekend at the King Cetshwayo Municipality and the Zululand District Municipality.Nokuthula Hlongwane,Andiswa Mthabela and,The church said it will be working with the provincial government to arrange the memorial service which will be held on Thursday and the funerals later on.The KwaZulu-Natal government said the incident could have been avoided if all the necessary precautions had been taken.
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