S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).
Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...
THE SOKOTO STATE DELEGATION TO THE 2013 HAJJ PILGRIMAGE TODAY IN SOKOTO SAID ONE OF ITS MALE PILGRIMS AMADU ACHIDA HAS DIED IN SAUDI ARABIA.HE DIED OCT 16,TWO DAYS AFTER THE ARAFAT AND HE HAILS FROM WURNO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF SOKOTO STATE.HE WAS COMPLAINING OF BODY PAINS AT MUNA NEAR MAKKAH SHORTLY AFTER,HE WAS CONFIRMED DEAD AND THIS MADE HIM SO FAR THE ONLY PILGRIM FROM THE STATE WHO DIED DURING THIS YEAR HAJJ EXERCISE.HIS REMAINS HAD SINCE BEEN BURIED BY THE SAUDI AUTHORITIES AT MAKKAH AFTER A FUNERAL PRAYER AT THE GRAND MOSQUE AT THE KA'ABAH.HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN DULY INFORMED ABOUT HIS DEMISE.
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