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...

GHANA GRANTS CITIZENSHIP TO AMERICAN YOUTUBER ISHOWSPEED. (PHOTO).


 Ghana grants citizenship to American YouTuber IShowSpeed


Ghana has granted citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed, the country's foreign minister announced, as the influencer wraps up a month-long tour of Africa.


Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa said in an X post that following "confirmation of the irrefutable ties of IShowSpeed to Ghana", his government "has approved the issuance of a Ghanaian Passport to IShowSpeed."


"Keep making our great nation Ghana, and our beloved African continent proud. Ghana celebrates you," the minister said, AFP reported.


The 21-year-old African American IShowSpeed – born in Cincinnati, Ohio as Darren Jason Watkins Jr. – is a highly followed social media influencer.


Africa's other version


He hit 50 million YouTube subscribers this month. Forbes estimates his net worth at $20 million.


IShowSpeed's tour, which started on December 29, has taken him to 20 countries, showing his tens of millions of followers a different side of Africa as he visited a diamond mine in Botswana, discovered Ethiopia's rich cuisine and attended the Africa Cup of Nations football final in Morocco.


Some social media users said IShowSpeed had opened their eyes to a completely different version of Africa, far from negative TV cliches.

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