Steelpoort businessman Jeff Mabuza has been identified as the pilot who had tragically died in the light aircraft crash outside Mbombela yesterday afternoon, January 30.
Tributes for the well-loved aviator have begun pouring in from friends on Facebook.
Mabuza is said to have been a passionate pilot with a love of flying, and it was said his death was a huge loss to the aviation world.
This is a developing story. Lowvelder will update its readers as soon as more information becomes available.