Eight grade 12 learners went swimming after finishing an English exam paper on Thursday. Unfortunately, one of them drowned in a dam near Fauresmith, Free State.
When paramedics arrived on the scene on Friday evening, the 10-year-old girl had already been pulled out of the pool.
The mother of the nine-year-old boy who was missing at sea in Mosselbay found his little body washed out on the beach.
The NSRI said a nine-year-old boy is missing at sea in Mosselbay while a man drowned in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
A 23-year-old Gauteng man remains missing after he was reportedly washed out to sea by a rip current off of Camps Bay in Cape Town.
A search and rescue operation on the North Coast in an attempt to locate a six-year-old child who is missing at sea will continue on Monday.
The seaside town of Herolds Bay has been rocked by the tragic drowning of a 22-year-old local man who found himself caught in a rip current.
An inquest docket has been opened by police following the drowning of a 46-year-old domestic worker at the property she worked at.
NSRI Hermanus said the Cape Town man was wading in shallow water with his nine-year-old grandson when a current swept him away.
The Durban fisherman sustained some injuries on Saturday morning and has been taken to a nearby medical facility for some attention
The Basic Education Department wants answers for the drowning of a 15 year-old Eastern Cape pupil
Police has recovered the body of a 15-year-old girl who drowned in East London. The teen was reportedly swept out to sea by rip currents.
One man has fatally drowned and another has been hospitalised for treatment of hypothermia after a tender boat capsized in Struisbaai.
Rescue services responded to a swimmer in distress in an emergency situation unfolding at Wilderness on Tuesday afternoon.
Yet another fatal drowning has been recorded in SA. The body of an 11-year-old boy was retrieved from the Umlazi River in KZN on Wednesday.
The NSRI are appealing to the public to be cautious following a weekend of multiple serious incidents including fatal drownings.
The river is located at the Ficksburg border in the Free State between South Africa and Lesotho.
Umkomaas police in KwaZulu-Natal says the deceased sustained injuries to his torso, and his right arm was missing.
Police in Mpumalanga have sent out a warning to the public after siblings, both in their 30s, drowned in a swimming pool.
Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams is set to meet with the families of three boys who drowned fter falling into a trench in Hammanskraal
People have once again been warned against the dangers of swimming in dams and rivers, as temperatures rise during the festive season and people feel the need to cool off
The boat was carrying seven people when it capsized on Saturday afternoon.
Three men drowned near Kleinmond when their boat capsized overnight. Two teenagers also drowned in strong rip currents along the coast.
The incident happened near the Spider Valley Road.
NSRI commended Richards Bay residents Charlie Singh, Nicholas Moodley and the unidentified bystander for rescuing the teenager and Adelene Singh for raising the alarm.