Boy, 6, drowns while swimming with friends
By Odette Parfitt - 27 March 2018
A six-year-old boy drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming with friends in a river near Livingstone Hospital. Police spokesman Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said the boy and three friends, aged between 10 and 11, were swimming in the river that runs behind the Gemsa sports centre.
The name of the boy, who lived in Korsten and was a Grade 1 pupil in Schauderville, is being withheld until his next of kin have been informed. Police have opened an inquest docket.
