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...
2 days ago,at around 5.15am,two Boko Haram terrorists suicide bombers attacked Damboa.The first suicide bomber targeted Damboa Central Mosque but due to stringent security measures,he could not gain entry.Obviously frustrated,he exploded and died near the Central mosque.However,the second bomber veered off and gained entry into another smaller mosque and detonated the bomb killing himself and 6 other worshippers and injuring one other person.The wounded has been evacuated to a hospital while efforts are on to clear the rubbles.The troops and other security agencies have been mobilized to the area.In a related development,suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists in a survival bid attacked Gaskeri village ahead of Dalori yesterday evening,where they killed 3 civilian vigilantes and looted foodstuffs.Troops have been mobilized and they are on the suspected terrorists trail.Similarly,as part of the efforts to keep Maiduguri-Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala road open and safe,troops of 3 Battalion,22 Brigade yesterday escorted 4 trailers and 44 other vehicles from Dikwa to Gamboru Ngala yesterday.The escort duties would continue.Troops of 3 Battalion ambushed Boko Haram terrorists at Gajibo crossing point and recovered one AK-47 rifle loaded with magazine, transistor radio and a knife on 6th July 2016.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,Acting Director Army Public Relation.More photos below. 
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