STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI FOLLOWING THE NEWS OF THE HORRIFIC TRAIN ACCIDENT IN MOZAMBIQUE

Issued by: Office of the Presidency

26 May 2002

"The horrific train accident in Mozambique has been received with deep shock and a sense of immense fellow feeling with the people of our neighbour country.

We in South Africa express our sincerest condolences to the loved ones of those who died or were injured and generally to the people of Mozambique.

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