Johannesburg – One person died and 15 others were injured after a minibus taxi overturned on the N1 in Kameeldrift, Pretoria, paramedics said on Thursday.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the vehicle had overturned several times at least five kilometers from the Pumulani Toll Plaza , said Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann.

“Upon assessment they found that one person tragically lost a life, six people were found to be in a critical condition and nine people were found to have sustained serious injuries.”

The injured were treated on scene and transported to hospital for further medical care. Traffic was affected as a result of the accident.

Johannesburg – A man was killed and another critically injured when they were allegedly assaulted by residents of Dobsonville Extension Two, Soweto, police said on Friday.

“Two men were found stoned. One died on the scene and the other was taken to hospital,” spokesman Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said. He said the motive for the attack on the pair was unknown and police were struggling to find information.

“We have did not find anyone in the street but discovered rocks and hammers around them. If there are people who know what happened, they can contact police and assist with information,” he said. Cases of murder and attempted murder were opened.

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AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo and President Jacob Zuma have finally smoked the peace pipe. This after the King accompanied by some of the royal family members visited the President at his Nkandla home.

The two leaders had a fall out leading to Dalindyebo insulting Zuma. This followed the King joining the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2013.

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It was a relatively quiet day on the country’s roads on Thursday, but Christmas didn’t go without it’s share of fatalities.

Three members of a family have been killed in Cape Town after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a lamp post on the
N1 near the Sable Road off-ramp close to Century City. A two year-old baby and his parents were flung out and killed. Officials say one of the drivers lost control.

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A four-year-old girl has drowned in a pool of water at the SASOL Recreational Centre on the N1 near Musina in Limpopo.

Police say that the child was swimming with other children when she drowned. Her parents were somewhere at the centre when the incident took place.

Police say the place lacks lifeguards. Police have opened an inquest docket.

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The North West government has closed down a number of illegal initiation schools and made one arrest. Only two out of a hundred and five active schools in the province, are legal.

Two initiates have died while two others have been hospitalised since the start of the circumcision season. Authorities accuse fly-by-night operators of misusing the old age tradition of the rights to passage from boys to manhood. This particular initiation school had 42 initiates but only 3 were registered with the department.

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