By Matabeleland North Correspondent
Binga: A 72-year-old fisherman drowned in Lake Kariba in Binga after a wave hit a makeshift boat he was using in the river while casting some fishing nets.
Robby James’ body was retrieved two days later in an advanced state of decomposition.
Other fishermen Faroo Makawu of Sengwa fishing camp and Joshua Mutale retrieved the body and were helped by villagers from the area to carry it home.
The deceased’s son, aged 21 and identified as Friday, said his father was buried last Tuesday at the family homestead in a nearby village.
“He left in the afternoon last week Saturday going to fish along Zambezi River using an ordinary boat and did not return.