PICS: Search continues for missing Tugela River swimmer

Photo: SAPS Search and Rescue

Photo: SAPS Search and Rescue

Published Mar 7, 2017

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Durban - A three-day-long search for a teenage boy - who went missing while swimming in the Tugela river at the weekend - had, as of Tuesday, still not turned up any results.

Police divers from Durban Search and Rescue, along with IPSS Medical Rescue, were first called out to the scene after 15-year-old Zamani Ntuli disappeared beneath the North Coast river’s strong waters on Sunday.

An “in water search” was not immediately possible due to the dangerous conditions.

Photo: SAPS Search and Rescue

They scoured the river bank for several hours but the search was suspended after several crocodiles were sighted.

Photo: SAPS Search and Rescue

It was resumed on Monday and Tuesday but, as of Tuesday afternoon, Ntuli remained missing.

Photo: SAPS Search and Rescue

The incident happened about 30km inland from the river mouth.

The Mercury

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