DA approaches Mozambique Consul General seeking assistance to repatriate 14 victims of the Boksburg gas tragedy
11 July 2023
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has written to the Mozambique Consul General seeking assistance to repatriate 14 deceased bodies of the victims of a nitrate oxide gas leak.
Following a recent tragedy at the Angelo Informal Settlement in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, where 17 people lost their lives, and at least 16 were injured after a nitrate oxide gas leak.
Today, the DA visited the victims’ families and was informed that 14 of the deceased, including children and adults, are from Mozambique.
The victims’ families are in desperate need of financial assistance to transport their deceased family members to Mozambique for dignified burials.