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...

RUSSIA REMOVES TALIBAN FROM LIST OF TERRORIST GROUPS. (PHOTO).


 Russia removes Taliban from list of terrorist groups


Russia on Thursday lifted its ban on the Taliban, which it had tagged for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation.


The move paves the way for Moscow to normalise ties with the leadership of Afghanistan.


No country currently recognises the Taliban government, which seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces staged a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.


However, Russia has been gradually strengthening ties with the movement, which President Vladimir Putin said last year was now an ally in fighting terrorism.


Russia outlawed the Taliban as a terrorist movement in 2003.


According to the state media, the Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the ban with immediate effect.


Russia reportedly sees a need to work with the Taliban as it faces a major security threat from Islamist militant groups based in a string of countries from Afghanistan to the Middle East.


Recall that gunmen in March 2024, killed no fewer than 145 people at a concert hall outside Moscow in an attack claimed by Islamic State.


US officials said they had intelligence indicating it was the Afghan branch of the group, Islamic State Khorasan that was responsible.


Meanwhile, the Taliban said it was working to wipe out the presence of Islamic State in Afghanistan.


According to western diplomats, the movement’s path towards wider international recognition is stalled until it changes course on women’s rights.


The Taliban has closed high schools and universities to girls and women and placed restrictions on their movement without a male guardian.


It emphasized its respects for women’s rights in line with its strict interpretation of Islamic law.

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