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 sources,Police authorities in Zambia said today monday that they had banned officers from marrying foreigners.The Head of the Zambia Police,Kakomo Kanganja,issued a memo advising officers against marrying foreigners ''with immediate effect''.The police chief advised officers,who were already married to foreigners to declare their foreign spouses to his office within one week.''Failure to declare any foreigner spouse will attract disciplinary action,'' he said.Esther Katongo,the Police Spokesperson,had defended the decision which had already received a backlash as unconstitutional.According to Katongo,the Zambia Police Act 103 Section 3 and 5 covers the standing orders on marriages.''Issues of security are delicate.If not careful,spouses can be spies and can sell the security of the country,'' She said.She added that the law had always been there and that the police had decided to enforce it because officers were ignoring it.
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