We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Tuesday 3 May 2022.
A reward of R100 000 has been issued for information leading to the location of Hillary Gardee, the daughter of former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee, who is now the head of international relations.
Ward 43 councillor Andile Andries and branch secretary Lubabalo Keso were allegedly shot and killed by the occupants of a taxi on Monday, said police.
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Eskom will be implementing load reduction in Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape from 17:00 on Monday. Eskom said it is implementing load reduction to avoid overloading its network and damage to its infrastructure in high-density areas that are prone to overloading.
Just what we needed: Following two years of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic, it now appears that South Africa can expect an outbreak of numerous preventable diseases – including measles.
That’s because vaccination rates in Mzansi have dropped like a stone since the first few months of 2020.
Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy was critically injured when a pedestrian who was trying to cross the N1 on Monday was struck and flung into the vehicle’s passenger compartment.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Tuesday 3 May
Gardee family offers R100K reward to find missing daughter, Hillary
Former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee is pleading for the return of his daughter.
Hillary Gardee, 28, was last seen at a supermarket in Nelspruit on Friday.
A three-year-old child who was with her at the time has been returned to her family.
ANC councillor and branch secretary gunned down in Eastern Cape
The police in the Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for the alleged killers of two Nelson Mandela Bay ANC members who were gunned down on Monday, 2 May.
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said the shooting took place at approximately 12:00 in KwaNobuhle.
SA ‘on the brink’ of a measles outbreak – due to LOW vaccination rates
Just what we needed: Following two years of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic, it now appears that South Africa can expect an outbreak of numerous preventable diseases – including measles.
That’s because vaccination rates in Mzansi have dropped like a stone since the first few months of 2020. Parents, either due to a lack of access or exposure to misinformation, have not been getting their kids immunised with the frequency as they were pre-pandemic.
Eskom to implement load reduction in FOUR provinces
Eskom will be implementing load reduction in Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape from 17:00 on Monday.
Eskom said it is implementing load reduction to avoid overloading its network and damage to its infrastructure in high-density areas that are prone to overloading.
Pedestrian struck and flung into vehicle’s passenger compartment – child critically injured
A 12-year-old boy was critically injured when a pedestrian who was trying to cross the N1 on Monday was struck and flung into the vehicle’s passenger compartment.
According to Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen the accident happened at about 09:30 on the N1 South, after the Allandale Road bridge in Midrand.