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

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 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...

197 NIGERIANS WHO WERE DISPLACED IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,RECEIVED BY NEMA OVER THE WEEKEND

                    Over the weekend,NEMA {National Emergency Management Agency} received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central African Republic who have been taking refuge in the Republic of Cameroon under the International Organization for Migration {IOM}.Director General of NEMA Muhammad Sani Sidi who received the returnees in Sahuda border post near Mubi in Adamawa state said about two years agofollowing the escalation of the crises in the Central African Republic,the Federal Government through NEMA had evacuated its citizens through the airport,these could not be reached because they had crossed over to the Republic of Cameroon.He said under international charter which Nigeria was signatory,the Nigerians were free to decide when to return back home especially given the cover of the International Organization which had opened camps for them in that country.According to him,as IOM was closing the camps they informed the Nigerian government of the development by transporting them to the border,NEMA was mandated to receive them there on behalf of the Federal Government.

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