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...
According to Reuters,Julius Malema the leader of the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters {EFF} party,was thrown out of the South African parliament today Wednesday after he called Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a murderer.Malema who was wearing his party's trademark {red overall},was ejected from the chamber after he refused to withdraw his comment,saying ''I will never apologize to Cyril''.Malema and his party accuse Cyril Ramaphosa of having a hand in the 2012 killing of 34 striking miners were gunned down by police near the Marikkana mine operated by platinum producer Lonmin.Cyril Ramaphosa was a director at Lonimin at the time and was cleared by a nearly three year inquiry into what became known as the ''Markana massacre''.House Chairwoman Mmatlala Grace Boroto ruled that Malema's remarks were derogatory and asked him to leave.
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