Lightning fatally strikes one, injures another in Tsolamosese

Confirming the incident, Mogoditshane Police Station acting commander, Assistant Superintendent Mompoloki Ramaphoi, said the two victims were standing at a bus stop near Mmankadile Grounds, waiting for public transport with other commuters when the storm began. He said the police received the report at around 6 pm. “A sudden lightning strike hit them whilst it was raining.

The victims were a 46-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man,” Ramaphoi said. According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health…