Two drown in Limpopo baptism ritual
The deaths come a week after a similar drowning in the province
Two members of a Limpopo church drowned in a baptism ritual at Masetheko Dam.
The drownings come a week after a Limpopo pastor, Titus Mosima, and one of his congregants, Noko Suzen-Chaba, drowned during a baptism in the Mogol River in Lephalale.
The latest drowning occurred on Sunday.
Limpopo police spokesperson Lt-Col Mamphaswa Seabi said a pastor was conducting a baptism ritual at Masetheko Dam when four people, who were to be baptised, fell into the water.
“One of the people managed to swim and get out. A woman was rescued. The remaining two men drowned.
“The bodies were retrieved by police search and rescue divers.”
Seabi said the drowning victims had been identified as 21-year-old Elvis Ramakgaphola and 29-year-old Michael Rampa.
Police provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Thembi Hadebe cautioned people to be careful around dams and rivers.
Two cases of inquests have been opened and police investigations are continuing.
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