Rose Mashaba News Today

It will be a painful and traumatic Christmas for the families of the victims of last year's tanker explosion in Boksburg as they commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.

The victims said the blast, which killed 41 people just over a year ago, changed their lives for the worst and they were left to pick up the pieces themselves, which the Gauteng government said was untrue.

Rose Mashaba lives a few meters away from the scene of a gas tanker explosion, which killed 41 people on Christmas Eve last year.

It will be a painful and traumatic Christmas for the families of the victims of last year's tanker explosion in Boksburg as they commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.

On 24 December 2022, a gas tanker wedged beneath a railway bridge in Boksburg exploded, leaving 41 people dead, nearby homes gutted, and parts of the Tambo Memorial Hospital severely damaged.

The explosion took place near the Tambo Memorial Hospital on Christmas Eve last year, killing 41 people, damaging nearby homes and gutting parts of the medical facility.

City of Tshwane says Stoffel Park informal settlement must first be approved for township development before it fixes the roads