A bus heading to an Easter festival veered off a bridge and fell nearly 200 feet in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 passengers, authorities said. The Limpopo provincial government said a bus traveling from the neighboring country of Botswana to the town of Moria for a popular Easter pilgrimage, rode off the side of the Mmamatlakala bridge, …
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A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor was an 8-year-old child who was receiving medical attention for serious …
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Two friends made a man’s day after taking him on a helicopter ride as a “thank you” for his hard work. Paige Goldstein and Chantel Wright are in their 20s and currently traveling the world while working remotely. The pair, who are right now living in Cape Town, South Africa, were chatting with their apartment’s security guard, a man named …
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South African prosecutors said Monday they intend to charge the Parliament speaker with corruption, alleging she took $135,000 and a wig in bribes over a three-year period while she was defense minister. Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has not been arrested or charged. The prosecutors spoke at a court hearing over her claims that authorities hadn’t properly informed her of allegations or …
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For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling infrastructure after decades of neglect is also …
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A special investigations unit in South Africa searched the home of the Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday and seized evidence as part of a probe into accusations that she accepted bribes in her previous role as defense minister. The search and seizure operation at the Johannesburg home of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who is a veteran lawmaker with the ruling African National …
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