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🇿🇼 Published: 29 January 2026
📘 Source: The Witness

A mother and her five-year-old daughter passed away after being struck by lightning in an informal settlement outside Sasolburg yesterday. According toSedibeng Ster, Vaal Emergency Care Private Ambulance Services reported that they received a distress call about a lightning strike involving a mother and two children in the informal settlement. “After locating the scene, we assisted Free State EMS with stabilising a toddler who was carried by the mother when they were struck by lightning.

Unfortunately, the mother and a five-year-old passed away due to extensive injuries,” the report said. Breaking news at your fingertips…Follow Caxton Network News onFacebookand join ourWhatsApp channel. Nuus wat saakmaak.Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus opFacebooken sluit aan by onsWhatsApp-kanaal.

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Originally published by The Witness • January 29, 2026

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