Current Events 19 South Africa

7 killed in Mpumalanga taxi crash

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/7-killed-in-Mpumalanga-taxi-crash-20130114

 On Monday morning near Balfour there were seven people killed when a minibus taxi crashed.There were also nine seriously injured people that were taken to the hospital in Balfour and Heidelberg.It is believed that the cause of the crash was that one of the tires had burst. The accident had occurred near the provincial border with Gauteng. There is no further information regarding the conditions of the nine people in the hospitals yet.

I have learned about how severe this accident will be to the taxi business in South Africa for a while. This will scare some customers away for a while and hurt the taxi business pretty badly.

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 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Prison-riot-Inmates-still-torching-cells-20130107

Prison riot: Inmates still torching cells 

Johannesburg - Two warders at Groenpunt Prison in Deneysville were injured when inmates set part of the facility on fire on Monday, Free State police said. The wardens had gotten overpowered and were attacked by the inmates. The jail is on high security and no inmates are allowed to leave their cells. There are still no updates if anyone had been injured.

I have learned how dangerous it can be to be a cell guard in a prison.