accident

SANCO calls for harsher penalties for reckless drivers

The South African National Civic Organisation on Sunday called for clamping down on reckless and negligent driving following an accident that claimed many lives on Sunday. This is after twelve people were killed in a collision between a bus and a taxi on a N1, outside Worsester in the Western[…]

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Cape woman loses arms and legs in train accident

A 70-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being hit by a train in Cape Town on Thursday morning, ER24 said in a statement. ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said the woman was walking across train tracks in Athlone when the accident happened. “The woman was found laying in the[…]

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Paraglider seriously injured in Cape Town crash

One person was seriously injured in a paragliding accident in Green Point, Cape Town, on Monday. City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson, Theo Layne, said the paraglider crashed in Beach Road, Green Point, on Monday afternoon. She was assisted by paramedics and fire rescue services. She was[…]

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Minister’s motorcade involved in fatal accident

A pedestrian has been killed in an accident involving one of State Security Minister David Mahlobo’s official vehicles in Mpumalanga, the department said on Thursday. Spokesperson Brian Dube could not immediately confirm whether Mahlobo was in any of the motorcade vehicles during the accident. “I can confirm that one of[…]

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At least 10 injured as cars collide in CT

A total of 10 people sustained minor to critical injuries in a collision between two cars on the N2 Sir Lowry’s Pass in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. ER24 paramedics as well as other services arrived on the scene and found two people trapped in one of the vehicles. They[…]

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15 hurt after taxi rolls on Cape coastal road

Fifteen people were injured on Tuesday after a taxi rolled down an embankment on Baden Powell Drive in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said. ER24 paramedics, along with Metro services, arrived on the scene and found the taxi lying on the side of the road. On[…]

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1 dead, 26 injured in Cape Town bus accident

One person has died, one suffered serious injuries and at least another 25 suffered minor to moderate injuries in a collision involving a bus on Lansdowne Road in Phillipi in Cape Town on Tuesday, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Chirta Bodasing said in a statement on Tuesday that it was believed[…]

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Chabane plot man released on warning

The man who made allegations on Facebook that late Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane was assassinated was released on a warning by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Thembani Chabane, who reportedly claimed to be a relative of the late minister, was released by Magistrate Mohamed Shaik on[…]

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Sibiya hurt in accident

Suspended Gauteng Hawks boss Shadrack Sibiya was injured when his car overturned and rolled, his lawyer Victor Nkwashu said on Friday. “I was with him in the vehicle… it overturned and rolled. I am fine and working as we speak,” Nkwashu said. Unnamed sources told The Star the car was[…]

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