Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
11 November 2000
It was with a great sense of regret and shock that I learned of the tragic accident at the Kitzsteinhorn ski resort to the south of Salzberg which claimed the lives of so many of your citizens as well as visitors to the country.
Please accept the heartfelt condolences of the government and people of South Africa.
We are with you in our thoughts in this time of bereavement and loss.
At least 170 people - many of them teenagers - were killed after fire swept through a funicular train carrying skiers through a tunnel in the Austrian Alps early on Saturday.
For more information contact:
Ronnie Mampoepa
082 990 4853