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 AFRICA: AT LEAST 12 EFF PARTY SUPPORTERS DEAD, DOZENS INJURED IN BUS CRASH. (PHOTO).


 South Africa: At least 12 EFF party supporters dead, dozens injured in bus crash


At least 12 supporters of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party have died, and 32 others were injured in a bus crash, EFF says on Tuesday, TRT Afrika reported.


According to EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo, the accident occurred near the town of Vryheid just after midnight as the group was returning to Pretoria from a Youth Day rally in Durban on Monday.


A preliminary report from the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) says the bus was struck on its side by an oncoming truck, ripping it open, state media outlet SABC reports.


KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma told journalists he received a report shortly after midnight indicating 10 fatalities. The death toll then rose to 12 by 5 am on Tuesday morning.


Duma said both truck and bus drivers survived the crash and were transported to the hospital.


In February at least nine members of the African National Congress (ANC) died in a bus crash on their way home from the party’s manifesto at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.

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