Nic Dlamini’s cycling calendar for 2020 compromised by SANParks injury, says cycling team

A screenshot where Nic Dlamini was allegedly assaulted by rangers at the Table Mountain National Park.

A screenshot where Nic Dlamini was allegedly assaulted by rangers at the Table Mountain National Park. 
Image: Twitter/Lawrence Lindeque

The NTT Pro Cycling club that top SA cyclist Nic Dlamini belongs to on Friday confirmed that the injury he suffered at the hands of SANParks rangers would have an impact on the competitions he had scheduled for 2020.

Dlamini was confirmed to have a fracture of his left humerus.

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One dead, four injured in collision between bus and car in Bronkhorstspruit

An accident between a bus and a car in Bronkhorstspruit on Friday morning left one person dead and four others injured.

One person was killed and four others injured in an accident between a bus and a car in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, on Friday, paramedics said.

Netcare 911 paramedics responded to the accident at about 7.40am on Friday.

“Medics assessed the scene and found that an adult male had sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene.

“An adult female had sustained serious injuries and required advanced life support intervention to stabilise her,” said Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst.

Once treated, the seriously injured woman was flown by air ambulance to hospital.

Three other people – an adult male and two adult females – sustained minor to moderate injuries, Herbst said.

“Once stabilised all the patients were transported by ambulance to hospital for further treatment.”

Foreign tourists attacked in SA holiday home

Nine foreign tourists were attacked by a gang of heavily armed robbers at a holiday house on a smallholding in Phalaborwa on Thursday night.

A team of specialised detectives are on the hunt for a gang of heavily armed robbers who attacked nine tourists in Limpopo.

The attack occurred at a holiday house on a smallholding in Phalaborwa on Thursday night.

Three men, armed with handguns, held up the tourists, robbing them of 10 cellphones, a laptop, jewellery and over R5,000 in cash.

Police have declined to reveal the nationalities or identities of the tourists who returned to their home countries on Friday.

Police spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo said in a statement the suspects escaped in the tourists’ rented Mercedes-Benz, which was later found abandoned in bushes 10km from the smallholding.

He said earlier this month the police and tourism ministries signed a memorandum of understanding to deal decisively with crime against tourists, which included increased police visibility in hotspot areas and training tourist monitors as police reservists.

Anyone with information on the suspects identity can contract Crime Stop on 086 00 10111.

Thousands to attend controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s New Year’s Eve service

Thousands to attend controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s New Year’s Eve serviceThousands of people are expected to converge on Johannesburg's FNB stadium on New Year's eve to attend controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's annual crossover service.

Thousands of people are expected to converge on Johannesburg’s FNB stadium on New Year’s eve to attend controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s annual crossover service. 
Image: Facebook/ Enlightened Christian Church

Thousands of people are expected to converge on Johannesburg’s FNB stadium on New Year’s Eve to attend controversial Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s annual crossover service.

According to a statement by Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church on Saturday, the event is expected to draw over 30,000 people from more than 30 countries, who will join about 90,000 local church members.

“The Crossover Service is an annual event where church members and followers converge to end a year and begin another one together, united in prayer. The event is held at such venues as determined from time to time.

“This year’s Crossover Service — dubbed the ‘Night of God’s Open Hands’ — is set to replicate the mammoth attendance that has characterised the event over the years,” the statement reads.

“In an article on CNBC Africa, lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Unathi Sonwabile Henama noted that the event is ‘profound’ considering that Gauteng is not a traditional holiday destination, as the province experiences the greater outmigration as people, who travel to the sea and the rural hinterlands along the century-old migrant labour system’,” said the church.

According to the church, Henama noted that by being held in Soweto, the crossover service would disperse financial expenditure to the township tourism economy, ensuring that the residents of Soweto become beneficiaries of the event.

“The five different sectors of the tourism economy which includes: accommodation, food and beverage services, recreation and entertainment, transportation and travel services have benefited from the crossover service.”

The church added that it was in talks with different stakeholders in the tourism industry to help devise mechanisms to ensure the safety and security of visitors arriving in Gauteng for the event.