Police recover bodies of three Jozini fishermen attacked by hippo
By Karen Singh
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DURBAN: The bodies of three fishermen, who went missing after they were attacked by a hippo, on the Pongolapoort dam, in Jozini last week, have been retrieved.
Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said the incident occurred last Wednesday, at about 4pm, in the small town situated in northern KwaZulu Natal.
Gwala said the three fishermen were placing their gill nets into the water, using a home-made, raft when they were attacked.
Police officers from Empangeni Search and Rescue, with Operational Response Service Richards Bay, received a report of fishermen that were attacked by a hippo, in the Pongolapoort dam, the next day, on May 20, she said.
Pongola teenâs body recovered a day after drowning
By Thobeka Ngema
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Durban POLICE recovered the body of a teen who had drowned in northern KwaZulu-Natal during the heavy rains over the weekend.
Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said the Empangeni K9 Unit, Umhlali Search and Rescue and Vryheid K9 Search and Rescue Unit went out to the drowning of a 16-year-old boy, who was swept away while crossing the Mkhuze River in the Zonyama area of Pongola on Sunday.
Mbele said officers from Vryheid started searching at the drowning point, while Umhlali and Empangeni officers searched 6km downstream.