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Tzaneen loses well-known pilot in aircraft crash
A well-known Tzaneen resident and pilot at the Letaba Fire Protection Association (LFPA) died this morning when his aircraft crashed near Swadini in the Mariepskop mountain in the Hoedspruit region.
![Siem Venter.](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/113/2021/03/0713efec-cc3e-4480-bd03-e07f51be7812-780x470.jpg)
Siem Venter (64) was a fire spotter pilot at LFPA.
LFPA’s public relations officer, Maritza Swanepoel told Herald that they are saddened to learn of his death.
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He worked at LFPA for the last 15 years. It is not known at this stage what the circumstances of the crash were.
More information will follow once it becomes known