South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 6 May 2022

We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Friday 6 May.

The roads of South Africa have been given the grim title of being the most dangerous country to drive in. The country scored an abysmal 3.41 out of a potential ten from international driver’s education company Zutobi.

In a landmark case, a man was sentenced to eight years of direct imprisonment for bestiality after raping his neighbour’s 11-month-old dog, Moana, in November 2020.

In some terrible news, an off-duty police officer Michael Jameson was hailed as a hero after he was killed outside his daughter’s school for intervening in a hijacking in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, (EFF) leader Julius Malema is catching smoke over his comments on Hillary Gardee’s death and killers. 

Malema said the suspects “took the wrong one this time” referring to Hillary. 

TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Friday 6 May

It’s official: South Africa named the most DANGEROUS place to drive!

The roads of South Africa have been given the grim title of being the most dangerous country to drive in. The country scored an abysmal 3.41 out of a potential ten from international driver’s education company Zutobi.

The conclusion is the result of the company’s 2022 in-depth analysis of variables like the number of alcohol-related road traffic deaths, the maximum motorway speed limit, and the front seat belt wearing rate.

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KZN police officer hailed a HERO after he was killed outside daughter’s school

The off-duty police officer Michael Jameson was hailed as a hero after he was killed outside his daughter’s school for intervening in a hijacking in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.

The fifty-two-year-old Warrant Officer Michael Jameson was picking up his daughter from a school in Umbilo when he noticed a hijacking in progress. He intervened and was shot dead.

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Landmark case: Man gets 8 years imprisonment for raping neighbour’s dog

Mojalesa Mofokeng was sentenced to eight years of direct imprisonment for bestiality after raping his neighbour’s 11-month-old dog, Moana, in November 2020.

According to the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA), Mofokeng was seen naked in Soweto near the dog’s kennel by a tenant living on the property in the early hours of 21 November 2020.

“Having been caught with his pants literally down, he was then apprehended by members of the community,” said the animal rights organisation.

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‘Who are the right ones that must be killed?’: Tweeps question Malema

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is catching smoke over his comments on Hillary Gardee’s death and killers. 

Malema and other party members visited the Gardee family in Nelspruit on Wednesday after the body of the party’s former secretary-general Godrich Gardee’s daughter was found this week. Malema said the suspects “took the wrong one this time” referring to Hillary.  

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ALSO READ: Hillary Gardee to be laid to rest on Saturday [Update]

JUST IN: Limited Covid-19 regulations announced minutes before previous ones expire

Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla announced limited Covid-19 regulations were announced minutes before the previous ones expired on Wednesday evening.  

Phaahla said this was necessary to ensure that there is no gap in terms of legal instruments to contain the spread of Covid-19.

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ALSO READ: Close call! Govt blames ‘human error’, retracts new SA schools’ mask rule

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