Eastern Cape bus driver to learn his fate in Cape Town court

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

An Eastern Cape bus driver convicted on 23 counts of culpable homicide following a horrific accident in 2010 will be sentenced in the Cape Town regional court on Wednesday

Sisa Nonama was initially charged with murder but this was later changed to culpable homicide following a plea agreement with the state. Charges against his brother Malinga, who owns Nondoda tours in Ngcobo were provisionally withdrawn.

The case is a sequel to a horror bus accident in the Hex-river valley pass in May 2010 in which 23 people from the Eastern Cape were killed. In his plea agreement Sisa admitted that he had been speeding and unable to control the overladen bus on a wet and slippery road.