S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

Image
 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...

FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF MAURITIUS AMEENAH FAKIM,WAS SWORN IN TODAY.

                  Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib Fakim was sworn as president of Mauritius today,making her to be the first female to hold the ceremonial position in the Indian Ocean Island nation.This thursday the parliament of Mauritius,which received independence from Britain in 1968,voted Gurib Fakim into the presidential office.Her appointment came after former president Kailash Purryag,who was selected by the island's previous Labour party government,stepped down after having served as Mauritius's president since July of 2012.Prime Minister Sir Anerod Jugnauth told pressmen that ''I have always believed in the equality of men and women''.Many officials from the opposition party came out in support of her,despite the politicaldivide in Maurious's parliament.Her appointment was expected,and widely anticipated,after information that Purryag's January 2015 resignation was announced.People were not satisfied with candidate Navin Ramgoolam,the previous Labour Party Prime Minister,because of multiple corruption allegations against him.He was expelled from power following charges of conspiracy,cronyism,and money laundering.More picture below.                                                                                                                                

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

AMBODE,SOYINKA & OTHERS AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF LAGOS AT 50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY AGAINST 2017.{PHOTOS}.