Editor's choice Editor's note Local news News

‘Hefty’ fuel hike, Big space rock, Leopard population ‘crashing’: Your Wednesday Briefing

What you need to know about today.

April 19, 2017

1 minute read

Good afternoon.

Here’s what you need to know:

Local or breaking news

• Valskermspringer land op Graceland se gholfbaan

Valskermspringer het nie ’n ander keuse gehad as om op die gholfbaan te land nie.

• Leechelle se operasie ’n groot sukses

Die oor-, neus- en keelspesialis wat haar geopereer, het, het ingestem om sy deel van die operasie verniet te doen.

National news

• ‘Hefty’ fuel hike just the beginning of tough times for consumers

This follows an announcement that petrol is expected to increase by 42c a litre and diesel by 39c a litre next month.

• New study shows elephant numbers down by 75%

It is estimated that protected areas have just a quarter of the elephants they should have, mostly due to pervasive poaching.

• WATCH: Residents help themselves to goods from overturned truck

After it overturned, passersby informed friends to which they helped themselves to scattered crates, containing milk, juice, and yoghurt.

• Key leopard population ‘crashing’, study warns

The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned on Wednesday.

• Limpopo man found ‘sucking blood’ from victim

“It is alleged a passer-by found the suspect chopping at the female victim, 39, with a sharp instrument and then sucked the blood from the deceased body,” said Ngoepe.

International news

• Big space rock to streak past Earth on Wednesday

An asteroid stretching 650 metres (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on Wednesday at a safe — but uncomfortably close — distance, according to astronomers.

• French ‘human hen’ artist hatches first chick

A French artist who has spent three weeks sitting on 10 eggs hatched his first chick Tuesday.

Upcoming events

• Standerton Val Mighty Men Conference

MMC Standerton Val would like to encourage men from all around to join them at the Standerton Val Mighty Men Conference for a great experience.

• Ghapi en Clint kom kuier weer in Bethal

Kaartjies sal by die deur teen R100 per persoon beskikbaar wees.

At Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks - never to generate the news. Happy reading!

April 19, 2017

1 minute read

Support local journalism

Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Ridge Times in Google News and Top Stories.

Add as a preferred source on Google

Follow on Google News