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Docket opened after woman dies on Cape Town to Joburg flight

The woman was certified dead on arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport.
An inquest docket has been opened after a woman died on board a flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg, TimesLIVE reports.

The flight was operated by British Airways.

British Airways flight

The woman was certified dead on arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, according to police spokesperson Lt-Col Katlego Mogale.

“According to medics, she died on the flight. However, an inquest will determine when she died,” Mogale told TimesLIVE. British Airways and Comair were not available for comment.

In other news – DA to vote for new chairperson as James Selfe heads service delivery unit

The DA is hard at work preparing to next month elect a new federal executive chairperson, the position that was left vacant when James Selfe resigned from the position he had held for the past 19 years. He will now to lead the party’s new service delivery unit.

James Selfe

A DA leader who asked not to be named said only members of the federal executive would vote for the new chairperson, which is the party engine equivalent to the secretary-general in terms of running the party’s administration office. I think the election will take place between October 10 and October 20 in Johannesburg,” said the source. Read more

Source: The Citizen