Mr Chabane was said to be close to President
Zuma and is here pictured behind the president in June 2012
A South African
cabinet minister, Collins Chabane, and two of his security staff have been
killed in a car crash.
Their car collided
with a lorry in the north-eastern city of Polokwane.
Mr Chabane, 54, was
minister for public service, a member of the governing ANC's national executive
committee and a close associate of President Jacob Zuma.
He was in charge of
planning Nelson Mandela's funeral.
Mr Zuma said he was "deeply shocked and
saddened" by his friend's untimely death which was a "huge loss to
government and the country as a whole".
He extended
"heartfelt condolences" to Mr Chabane's wife Mavis and the families
of Sgt Lesiba Sekele and Sgt Lawrence Lentsoane, who also died.
The ANC
said "the falling of a great baobab tree" would
leave "a huge void in the ANC and government".
A lorry driver is
being investigated over possible manslaughter, reported AFP news agency.
As well as alcohol and
excessive driving speeds, lack of railway freight is said to be partly
responsible for South Africa's high road accident toll - with private motorists
forced to share the road with long lines of large mining lorries.
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