By Agreement Mabunda
NWAMARHANGA VILLAGE: A 27-year-old male congregant slipped into the water and drowned soon after baptism in Groot Letaba River in Nwamarhanga village in Giyani on Saturday, March 18 at about 08:00.
According to the information received by Tzaneen voice, the church congregants led by their priest had been performing religious rituals and after they concluded the session, one of the congregants went back to the river to fetch some water.
The deceased slipped and drowned.
Police were alerted about the incident and the body was retrieved from the river by the divers from the SAPS Provincial Search and Rescue Team.
The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe cautions members of the community to be careful and wary when using dams and rivers for any purpose including religious activities.
