Tragic public holiday for two KZN families
It was a tragic Human Rights Day for a Folweni family when their 9-year-old child who disappeared a day earlier was found to have drowned in a local river.
Police from various Search and Rescue Units were dispatched to the Mbokodweni River - south of Durban yesterday.
The police's Thulani Zwane it was after receiving reports that a little boy had gone missing while playing with his friends on Tuesday.
"The body of a nine-year-old boy was found floating in the river in the area. Our search and rescue team went and recovered the body. A case of inquest was opened at Folweni police station for further investigation," Zwane said.
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In another case - police are investigating the circumstances around the death of a 75-year-old man in northern KZN.
Zwane says the elderly man's body was found at the bottom of a cliff in Nsuze on Tuesday.