September’s most popular stories on lowvelder.co.za

Some tourists at the Kruger National

Park were caught off guard by a herd of elephants at the Kruger Gate on Monday September 20. A video showing the visitors walking around the nearby bridge and reception building, has since trended on Twitter, raking up thousands of views.

3 Geliefde Laevelder sterf in valskermongeluk

’n Valskermongeluk het onlangs die lewe van ’n 44-jarige man van Mbombela naby Delmas geëis. Hilmar Backer is opslag dood, en sy vriend Rudi Serfontein van Centurion, wat saam met hom die dag gespring het, is beseer toe hulle na bewering in die lug gebots en neergestort het.

5 Two people killed in accident on R40

Two men were killed and two others injured on Tuesday September 21, when their bakkie rolled off the R40 near Hazyview. According to Russel Meiring, the spokesperson for ER24, the bakkie was found on its roof on the side of the road. Four men were lying around the vehicle.

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Lowveld shocked by sudden loss of beloved Hawks officer

The Lowveld has been shocked by the tragic and unexpected death of Hawks member, WO Gerrie le Grange, on Friday after he was in a motor vehicle accident on Thursday. Loved by all who knew him, Le Grange is being mourned across Mbombela as family and friends from around the Lowveld try to process his sudden passing.

4 Prominent Lowveld lawyer accidently posts risky tweet

Social media is abuzz after a photo that appears to be showing the human rights lawyer, Richard Spoor, having a cup of coffee with his private parts showing, is doing the rounds. Although no such tweet appeared on his timeline at the time of publication, a censored screenshot is still being circulated.