By Staff Reporter
GIYANI- The family of Thabang Chabalala aged 17 who drowned while swimming with friends remains with a lot of unanswered questions about his death.
The incident occurred at Mashavela village outside Giyani on Thursday, December 08.
It is alleged that on the day in question the deceased together with his friend went swimming in the small dam next to Maxavela village, and in the process of swimming the victim drowned.
His friend went to the village to inform the community members after they realised that he drowned.
The police were summoned to the scene and the Saps search and rescue team managed to retrieve the lifeless body from the small dam
The deceased was a grade 12 learner at Hawuka high school in Basani village.
The police in Giyani have opened a case of an inquest and the Investigation continues.
SAPS in Limpopo have reported that more than twenty people have drowned in rivers and dams across the Limpopo Province in less than two months since the rainy season commenced.
From the beginning of October 2022 to date, the police have recorded twenty incidents of Inquests resulting from drownings, with the number of victims counting more than the incidents.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has called on communities to be wary of rivers and dams as persistent rains have probably raised dam levels and rivers might be flooding.
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