A drowning incident in Durban has claimed the lives of two young schoolboy rugby players – who were due to play in a tournament this week.
Paramedics said the body of a teenager who had gone missing was found in a quarry dam in Emzinoni on Sunday.
Community members have been urged to practice water safety after five people drowned in a river during a religious ritual.
Paramedics said the man, believed to be in his 30s, was found dead in a river in Silverfields in the early hours of Saturday.
The two-year-old was declared dead following a fatal drowning at a residence in President Park in Midrand.
A viral video revealing how an elderly woman is transported across a river in a plastic drum has prompted outrage.
13-year-old twins Inathi and Ikhona Ngangelizwe drowned in a quarry and their parents are demanding a settlement from the government.
Two boys drowned over the weekend. Major General Jan Scheepers said 39 people, including 15 children have drowned in the province thus far.
A group of six boys allegedly attempted to swim across the Swartkops River. Two of them got tired at the midway point and disappeared beneath the water.
Police on Tuesday said a 26-year-old man drowned in a pool n Upington on Monday while swimming with his friends.
Paramedics said two boys were declared dead following two separate fatal drownings at a quarry dam in Ikageng, Potchefstroom.
Emergency services said the search for a young man who went missing at sea at Blythedale beach would resume Sunday morning.
Police said the body of a nine-year-old boy was found in a river in North West after he was reported missing on Friday.
Free State police have cited a witness who said one brother was trying to save the other from drowning, but they both didn’t make it
A flooding river is deadly. Unfortunately, two sangomas underestimated the danger before drowning in the Umlazi River in Hammarsdale.
Tragic! Paramedics said an eight-year-old child drowned in a pool in a resort in Port Edward on New Year’s Day.
Tragic! The NSRI said a 10-year-old girl was declared dead on the scene after she drowned at the Strand beach on Saturday morning.
There has been a spate of tragic drowning incidents at various locations in the Free State over the past week.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the 21-year-old woman was declared dead at the hospital on Saturday.
Paramedics said the man who was found floating between the waves at Oslo Beach, was declared dead on the scene on Saturday.
For now, the circumstances surrounding the two SRC students’ drownings remain unclear, but an investigation is underway
The importance of child water safety have sadly been thrust into the spotlight after the drowning of Springbok Jannie du Plessis’s son this week. Here are some live-saving steps you can take to prevent tragedy.
The All Blacks have joined a chorus of well wishers following the tragic drowning of the 10-month-old son of Springbok Jannie du Plessis.
The Sharks have joined a chorus of well wishers following the tragic drowning of the one-year-old son of Springbok prop Jannie du Plessis.
Tragedy has struck the family of Springbok prop Jannie du Plessis after his son drowned in their swimming pool on Tuesday.