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...

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE ARRESTED 48 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE SUSPECTED TO BE INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL MINING. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.


 PARKTOWN - Police in Gauteng arrested 48 illegal immigrants who are suspected to be involved in illegal mining during the Operation Vala Umgodi that was conducted in Crystal Park, Ekurhuleni District, on Monday, 22 July 2024. Four more suspects were arrested for crime that includes possession of illicit cigarettes.


During the operation, police confiscated the tools that are utilised for illegal mining, comprising of:

14 x pendukas

15 x stampers

02 x shovels

20 x steel pots

02 x generator

01 x 9kg gas bottle

21 x 1,25 Chibuku

07 x motors

01 x torch

01 x axe

16 x chains

05 x spades

01 x jammer

03 x electrical cord

180 x steel balls


Operation Vala Umgodi is expected to continue in various parts of Gauteng.

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Enquiries:

Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo

071 608 5490.

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