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Wet weather causes havoc on Jo’burg roads

Johannesburg metro police on Friday urged motorists to be cautious as the rain-hit city has seen a recent increase in road accidents.

About 170 accidents in Gauteng since Friday

About 170 accidents occurred in Gauteng since late Friday afternoon, Netcare 911 said on Sunday. In one incident, a three-year-old boy died and two other children were in…

Easter road death toll continues to rise

Two people died and three were injured — two of them seriously — in a three-car pile-up on the N1 south near the Grasmere toll plaza on Saturday night. Netcare 911 has responded…

Four die, 16 injured in Cape Town crash

Four people died and 16 were injured — one critically — in Cape Town on Saturday morning in one of more than 285 accidents on the country’s roads since the start of the Easter…

Truck driver shot after collision

A truck driver was shot and wounded by a man in a car with which he had collided in Randburg on Friday, said Netcare 911. Spokesperson Nick Dollman said the truck driver…

Gauteng drownings a ’cause for concern’

Gauteng drownings are a cause for concern, as the province’s number of instances of drowning is higher than on the coast, provincial minister of local government Qedani Dorothy…

Ferry carrying more than 70 capsizes near Pretoria

A ferry boat carrying more than 70 people capsized on Roodeplaat Dam, north of Pretoria, on Wednesday afternoon, Tshwane emergency services said. Spokesperson Johan Pieterse said…

Boat carrying more than 70 capsizes on Roodeplaat Dam

A ferry boat carrying 74 people capsized on Roodeplaat Dam on Wednesday afternoon, Tshwane emergency services (EMS) said. EMS spokesperson Johan Pieterse said one passenger…

‘Acts of God’ kill three in Johannesburg

Three people died and a number were injured during a fierce storm in Johannesburg on Thursday, paramedics and emergency officials said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman said…

Paramedics attend to drowning incidents in Gauteng

Netcare 911 responded to three separate drowning incidents in the Gauteng area on Sunday. Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman said the first incident took place in Danville,…

Alleged robber shot dead in Rosebank

An alleged robber was shot and killed and a man was in a serious condition after shots were fired during a robbery in Rosebank on Tuesday. Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman…

Four-year-old survives mall balcony fall

A four-year-old boy was in a serious but stable condition in hospital after falling from a balcony at the Cresta shopping centre in Northcliff, said Johannesburg paramedics on…

Major pile-up on N3 disrupts Jo’burg peak traffic

A woman was extracted from her car with the Jaws of Life after an accident involving five cars, a truck and a fuel tanker on the N3 highway in Bedfordview on Tuesday afternoon.…

Woman, baby boy die in Jo’burg high-rise fire

A woman and a small child were killed by a fire at a block of flats in Joubert Park in central Johannesburg on Monday, paramedics said. A Netcare 911 spokesperson said the…

Pilot dies in aircraft crash at Lanseria

The 45-year-old Johannesburg student pilot of a light aircraft was killed when his plane crashed close to Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday evening. He was…