2 Northern Cape Boys Drown in Sewerage Dam, South Africans Devastated by the Loss

• Two boys, aged seven, died after drowning in a sewerage dam in the Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape
• The children went missing on the weekend of 20 January and were retrieved the following day
• South Africans passed their condolences to the family of the children

With nine years of experience, Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist, provided insights into infrastructure challenges and grassroots movements in South Africa at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.

A family of two children mourned the loss of their young boys who drowned in a sewerage dam in the Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape. They were last seen together on 20 January and were found the next day, their bodies floating in the dam.

2 Northern Cape boys drown in sewerage dam

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SABC News reported that the young boys, who were seven years old, were last seen playing together near the dam before they allegedly drowned. No information was given on how they fell into the dam and how long they were in the dam before they drowned. The municipality's spokesperson, Jason Milford, revealed that the boys' clothes were on the dam's banks. Their bodies had to be retrieved by pumping the sewerage out of the dam.

South Africans on Facebook were traumatized by the children's drowning and mourned them.

Sphesihle Mtshali said:

"May their souls rest in eternal peace."

Tshiiso Mokalake– Killer_T_Mafia wrote:

"Eish, my condolences."

Thelly Thelly Motsieloa added:

"Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families."

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Marlene Dilger was pained:

"Let me rather scroll on."

Onthusitse Mofitlhi exclaimed:

"Condolences to the family. May their souls rest in peace."

7 year-old boy drowns while trying to cross river

In a similar article, Briefly News reported that a 7-year-old boy drowned while trying to cross the Enembe River in KwaZulu-Natal on New Year's Day.

The young boy and his family tried to cross the river on a low-level bridge. The water level was too high for them to cross, so the waters took him.

Netizens were horrified by the death and mourned the loss of the young boy.

Source: Briefly News