Nine fishermen have been rescued as a search and rescue mission continues for 11 others still missing after a fishing trawler sank in deep sea off Cape Town's Atlantic seaboard.
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At least 11 people are missing following reports of a fishing vessel sinking approximately 30 nautical miles offshore of the Atlantic Seaboard in Cape Town.
Minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment Barbara Creecy has expressed "shock and sadness" over the sinking of a fishing trawler off Cape Town's Atlantic coast.
An urgent search is underway for 11 missing fishermen after their vessel sank off Cape Town's coast on 18 May. Rescue teams are combing the area in hopes of finding the men.