Search continues for missing Soweto boy
Updated | By Katleho Sekhotho
The
search continues for a six-year-old boy who's fallen down an open sewer in
Soweto.
Khayalethu Magadla fell into the uncovered manhole while playing with friends on Sunday in Dlamini.
His friends only told their parents what really happened on Monday morning.
Emergency services in the area have urged the community not to conduct their own searches for the boy.
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Johannesburg EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says they understand the concern of residents but it is very dangerous for them to take it upon themselves to search for the child.
So far officials have gone down two manholes and are on route to the third location.
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