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FILE: One of the learners was a grade 10 pupil while the other was in matric. Picture: AFP

Drowning

Bodies of two pupils who drowned during rugby trip in Durban found

By Nhlanhla Mabaso

The learners from Hoërskool Birchleigh went missing during a swim at the north beach on Sunday.

  • FILE: ER24 vehicles. Picture: ER24.

    Toddler drowns in Midrand residential swimming pool

    It's understood the child had been missing for a short while before being found and pulled from the pool by residents on the property.

    151 days ago
  • Picture: NSRI

    Elderly man drowns at Witsand

    The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said that the man's lifeless body was spotted in the sea on Sunday.

    204 days ago
  • FILE: An NSRI rescue team prepares to launch its search for a missing lifeguard at Muizenberg beach on 29 November 2020. Picture: Supplied

    Public urged to be on alert in the wake of several drownings

    On Saturday, a 46-year-old man drowned at Glencairn Beach, while another person drowned at Monwabisi beach on the same day.

    211 days ago
  • Eastern Cape Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene expressed shock and devastation at the death of Captain Pierre Marx (53). Picture: SAPS.

    SAPS mourn rescue diver swept away while attending to drowning in flood-hit EC

    Eastern Cape Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene expressed shock and devastation at the death of Captain Pierre Marx (53).

    212 days ago
  • FILE: She was attending an annual Equal Education camp at the Palm Springs Resort. Picture: @equal_education/Twitter.

    Calls mount for Equal Education to be held accountable for drowning of pupil

    Grade 10 pupil Avethandwa Nokhangela was caught in a rip current while swimming at a beach near East London last month. Her body was discovered the following morning.

    442 days ago
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    DBE backs call for full probe into pupil's drowning at Equal Education camp

    Avethandwa Nokhangela (15) got swept out to sea while swimming at a beach near East London on Thursday and her body was discovered washed up the following morning.

    460 days ago
  • FILE: A fence has been erected around the quarry site at the Skierlik Mountain View informal settlement in Mamelodi where two boys drowned on 27 February 2021. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    Advocate Thomas Bokaba to lead probe into drowning of 2 Mamelodi boys

    The boys aged four and seven died in a quarry at an unsecured construction site over a week ago.

    519 days ago
  • The Mamelodi quarry where 2 boys drowned on 27 February 2021. Picture: Thando Kubheka/Eyewitness News

    2 Mamelodi mothers want justice after their children drown in quarry

    It's understood the boys, aged four and seven, were swimming in the unsecured site on Saturday.

    524 days ago
  • Commissioner of the SAPS in Limpopo Lt Gen Ledwaba has on Thursday, visited the Villa Nora Policing area outside Lephalale in the Waterberg District following the temporary closure of the Villa Nora Police station due to flood damage in the area.  Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService

    Limpopo floods: 5 people still missing, residents urged to be cautious

    Ten people, including children, lost their lives after they were swept away during floods in the province last month.

    541 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS Facebook page.

    Seventh child’s body found after car swept away by water in FS

    Seven children and a 26-year-old driver died when the car they were travelling in was swept into a river in Steynsrus on Sunday morning.

    547 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    WC authorities probing drownings of three children in Lutzville

    According to police they went fishing in the river and decided to swim, one came into trouble and wanted to assist. However, all three had drowned.

    624 days ago
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    SAPS probe circumstances around boy who drowned in Meyerton public pool

    Gauteng paramedics responded to a call-out at lunchtime on Sunday and found lifeguards performing CPR on the teenager.

    631 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Two Limpopo boys drown while swimming in dam

    Police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe said parents have been cautioned to take care of their children around dams and rivers, particularly as it’s the rainy season.

    640 days ago
  • Keamohetswe Seboko's body was found in the hostel pool at Laerskool Bekker in Magaliesburg. Picture: Supplied

    Lesufi to present findings of probe to family of boy who drowned in school pool

    Keamohetswe Seboko’s body was found floating in the swimming pool at Laerskool Bekker in January and his family has been searching for answers ever since.

    641 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS Facebook page.

    SAPS probe another drowning at Manie Mulder Adventure Park

    This is the second body to be found in the last two weeks.

    650 days ago
  • Picture: NSRI

    Search resumes for man suspected to have drowned in Bakoven

    On Sunday, sea rescuers were alerted that a man had gone missing at sea after he slipped off the rocks into the surf at Beta Beach.

    813 days ago
  • Picture: https://bluerock.co.za

    Man drowns at CT resort

    Rescuers were dispatched to a quarry at the Blue Rock resort in Sir Lowry's Pass Village on Wednesday following reports of a drowning in progress.

    929 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    2 die in separate drowning incidents in North West

    Police said a seven-year-old lost his life in Mokgese while swimming with his friends on Monday.

    952 days ago
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