One teenager drowned and another minor was saved at the weekend at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) confirmed. On Saturday, January 6, before 10am, a British national now living in Cape Town was surfing before he was approached by children appealing for assistance for their two friends. “It appears...
Nine-year-old Jimmy Gubeb from Otavi’s Harambee Informal Settlement fell into the municipal sewerage dam and drowned on Thursday. The Harambee informal settlement came into existence next to the pond as a result of land grabbing. The family narrated the fateful day when they were attending a memorial service for another family member at a nearby...
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Maria David A MINOR boy died instantly after falling into a sewage dam and drowning at Otavi. The deceased was identified as Jimmy Renaltus Gubeb (9). Otjozondjupa Community Affairs Officer Maureen Mbeha said the incident occurred around 15h40 on Thursday, and an inquest into the matter has thus far been opened. Mbeha mentioned that the...
RUNDU: A 38-year-old man drowned in the Kavango River at Divundu in the Kavango East Region on Sunday after he had gone to collect water. Namibian Police Force Acting Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu told Nampa on Monday that the deceased was identified as Anton Haingura. His body was taken to the Andara District...
Uuvudhiya – A tragic incident occurred at an earth dam in Uuvudhiya, Oshana Region, where a 26-year-old teacher drowned during his school’s year-end function on Thursday. The teacher was employed at Uuvudhiya Primary School in Omambuku village. According to Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA), Inspector Thomas Aiyambo, confirmed the incident on Saturday, identifying the deceased as...
Staff Reporter PETER Johannes Schneider, a 44-year-old resident of Walvis Bay, drowned while swimming in the sea on Friday morning. According to the police, the tragic death occurred when Schneider and an unidentified friend went to swim at Long Beach at around 10:00. Police and navy divers, who were summoned to the scene, managed to...
Staff Reporter A MALE toddler who was left in the care of his grandmother when his guardian went to work Wednesday morning, has drowned in a water bucket where the lifeless body was found that afternoon. The incident occurred in the Okapilangi village in the Ruacana Constituency, Omusati Region. It is alleged that the 23-month-old...
In a tragic incident at the Katutura Municipal Swimming Pool in Windhoek, a 14-year-old boy drowned on Monday afternoon. According to the Namibian Police, the young boy had been swimming with his friends when he informed them that he wanted to go deep in the water like his father and stay underwater for 20 minutes....