A mass funeral has been held for five of the six people who were struck by lightning on the N8 near Botshabelo in the Free State more than a week ago.
More than 500 people attended the funeral service that was held at the Kaizer Sebothelo stadium.
The deceased were Transnet employees who were working on a railway line when they sought shelter during a thunderstorm and where struck by lightning.
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Embattled Congress of the South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is keeping mum on what he says is an important announcement due on Sunday. He wrote on twitter that all will be revealed at a press conference.
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Pretoria- Three people were injured following an accident on Eight Avenue near Trouw Street in Capital Park, Pretoria last night after 19h00.
Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found that two vehicles were involved in the accident.
Upon assessment of the occupants from the two vehicles, paramedics found that a man and woman from one vehicle sustained serious injuries and a man from the other vehicles also sustained serious injuries. All three patients were treated at the scene and transported to hospital for further medical care.
“Exact detail surrounding the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation” Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said.
Traffic was slightly affected as a result of the accident.
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Johannesburg- Several people died and others were injured on Johannesburg roads last night and in the early hours of the morning.
In one incident last night ER24 paramedics and other services attended to a taxi and car collision about 25km from Potchefstroom on the R501. The taxi veered off the road and rolled into the veld.
Two people were killed as the taxi rolled and 12 other people were injured.
The patients sustained minor to critical injuries. Patients were treated and tranaported to local hospitals.
While on scene motorists notified paramedics of a head on collision that had occurred about 4km away. Two vehicles collided head on and three other vehicles then crashed into that scene while trying to avoid the debris on the road.
One person was treated for minor injuries and transported to hospital.
In another incident that occured on the M1 north after the Booysens of ramp, one person died and another was treated by ER24 paramedics for moderate injuries.
“It is understood driver of the vehicle lost control and hit a barrier and street light pole.
When ER24 paramedics arrived on scene they found a patient lying on the side of the road” ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said.
Bodasing said he was assessed and it was found that his vitals were deteriorating. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him but he succumbed to his injuries.
The patient who sustained moderate injuries was treated and transported to hospital.
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Nelspruit- Four people were injured following an accident on Lipies Road in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, this morning just before 08h00.
Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found that a motor vehicle had left the roadway and overturned several times coming to a standstill on its roof down an embankment. The occupants managed to clamber out of the vehicle and paramedics found the occupants outside the vehicle.
Upon assessment of all four occupants, paramedics found that the four people sustained moderate injuries and after receiving treatment at the scene, the injured patients were transported to hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail surrounding the cause of the rollover accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
Potchefstroom- Two people were injured after a vehicle overturned on the N12 from Potchefstroom towards Westonaria this afternoon.
Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found that a motor vehicle had overturned and came to a standstill back on its wheels on the roadway.
“A man was found lying next to the roadway after he was ejected from the vehicle during the rollover. Upon assessment of the man, paramedics found that he had sustained critical injuries during the accident. The man was treated at the scene and rushed to hospital for urgent medical care under the care of an advanced life support paramedic” Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said.
The female driver was found to have sustained moderate injuries and after receiving treatment at the scene, the injured woman was also transported to hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail surrounding the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
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It’s been widely reported that rap mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has made another power move in the music industry. According to Joseph Borrino, CFO of Roc Nation, The label has recently acquired Tupac’s entire album catalog from Entertainment One who acquired it from Death Row Records in 2003. The purchase includes all of the masters to Tupac’s albums and unreleased material.
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Absent Bafana Bafana captain, Dean Furman believes that the return of the likes of Thulani Serero can lift Bafana Bafana to the next level.
Furman, who will miss the clash against Nigeria on Sunday, has revealed the return of the overseas-based contingent will improve Shakes Mashaba’s already talented squad.
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Klerksdorp- One person sustained critical injuries and three sustained moderate injuries in a collision about 25km outside Klerksdorp earlier today.
The collision between a car and truck occured on Ventersdorp Road.
When ER24 paramedics and other services arrived on scene they found three patients sitting in the car and one lying on the road next to the car. The car was badly damaged.
”The patients were assessed and treated. They were transported to a local hospital for further treatment” ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing .
The truck driver was uninjured. The exact cause of the collision is unknown however authorities were on scene for further investigation.
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Cape Town- A more efficient mechanism to record attendance will come into operation in the National Assembly (NA) Chamber from the second quarter of the 2015 Parliamentary annual session.
The biometric member identification system which uses Members’ fingerprints – captured at the start of the establishment of the fifth democratic Parliament – will replace the current manual recording system of recording attendance.
The electronic attendance recording system will apply initially only to NA plenary sittings and will be rolled out to committee meetings at a later date.
Currently, Members’ attendance of House and Committee sittings is the responsibility of their political parties. A new policy on Members’ attendance and leave was adopted in March 2014 but rules still have to be finalised before the policy can be implemented. The policy provided that political parties were responsible for managing and controlling their Members’ absence from Parliament. However, it also recognised that Members had a dual responsibility – to their political party and to Parliament as an institution – and provided for permission for absence to be sought also from the relevant House.
The biometric fingerprint readers are part of the recent comprehensive information technology upgrade to the NA Chamber.
The upgrade included larger desktop screens, additional information system functions, simpler system navigation and interface, quicker start-up time, lower noise levels, reduced heat emissions and power consumption and separate voting and request-to-talk systems. Microphones for Members to talk from the floor also increased from 58 to 90.
Biometric readers were installed in the National Council of Provinces Chamber when that Chamber was upgraded in 2011.
In addition, to upgrades to the information technology in the two Chambers, improvements to Parliament’s broadcast quality and capability also became operational from February. The improved broadcast infrastructure enables Parliament to provide greater variety of audio visual feed. It is expected that, by September, 14 committee meeting venues will have live broadcast feed facilities.
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