South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 Photos: GoogleMaps/Stock
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday, 18 January 2023
In the latest news in South Africa on Wednesday, 18 January 2023, the search is still on for the escaped female tiger, named Sheba.
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 Photos: GoogleMaps/Stock
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you need to know on Wednesday, 18 January.
A team of trackers, police, and residents are still searching for the escaped tiger as of Tuesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a video of a group of men getting the fright of their lives when a lion unexpectedly wakes up has gone viral.
South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom), a body run by the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa, expects record power outages to ease as measures put in place, including a new law to fast-track plant development, take effect.
Two suspects have been arrested for the brutal murder of an ANC Councillor, Sbonelo Ntshangase, and two other people in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga.
The nerve-wracking wait is almost over for the matric class of 2022 with results set to be released later this week.
And lastly, EXTREME heatwave conditions are expected in these parts of South Africa.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Wednesday, 18 January
Sheba the tiger escapes capture, attacks a pig
A team of trackers, police and residents are still searching for the escaped tiger as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Police have urged the public to remain on high alert as the eight-year-old female tiger, named Sheba, is still on the loose in Walkerville and its surrounding areas in Johannesburg.
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According to police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello, the tiger escaped from its cage and attacked a 39-year-old man and a dog in the area.
WATCH: Lion wakes up and gives group of men the fright of their lives
A video of a group of men getting the fright of their lives when a lion unexpectedly wakes up has gone viral.
And we can see why… keep an eye on the man on the back of the bakkie.
In the video, a group of men is busy with what seems to be the unloading of a tranquilised lion. The lion wakes up, and the men are seen running in all directions. One of the men decides to jump on the back of the bakkie and sit quietly while another points a gun at the clearly irritated lions. A woman can be heard asking the man with the gun to please get on the back of the bakkie.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s 7-point emergency plan to end load shedding
South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom), a body run by the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa, expects record power outages to ease as measures put in place, including a new law to fast-track plant development, take effect.
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The committee, of which several cabinet ministers are members, told business and labour leaders on Monday, 16 January that a range of interventions have been made at a time when South Africans was enduring record blackouts of as much as 12 hours a day.
Breakthrough in the murder of an ANC Councillor in Mkhondo
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an ANC Councillor, Sbonelo Ntshangase, and two other people in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga.
Ntshangase was shot dead on Friday, 13 January. A video of the late Councillor where he names those behind the murder of politicians in Mpumalanga and those who will kill him has been widely circulated on social media platforms.
EXTREME heatwave conditions expected TODAY in these five provinces
EXTREME heatwave conditions are expected TODAY in these parts of South Africa.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) said the parts of the following provinces would be affected on Tuesday and Wednesday:
- Northern Cape
- Western Cape
- Eastern Cape
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Free State
It warned that prolonged exposure to midday sun poses health risks such as dehydration and heatstroke.
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The nerve-wracking wait is almost over for the matric class of 2022 with results set to be released later this week.
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According to BusinessTech, during a media briefing on Monday, 16 January, chairperson of the quality assurance body Umalusi, Yunus Ballim, said that the results had been given the green light after being administered by the Department of Basic Education and the Independent Examinations Board.
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