Tragedy has struck the town of Orlando after a 13-year-old boy was found dead in an abandoned dam.
Picture: EMSJoburg EMS spokesperson Xolile Khumalo said the boy was reported missing on Saturday and authorities conducted a search and rescue operation until 9pm on Sunday night.
Authorities resumed their search on Saturday morning, resulting in them recovering the body at around 11:30am. Khumalo said that the boy was playing with two of his friends near the area and it is unclear if he fell in or was swimming in the dam.Khumalo said that they were cautioning residents safeguard their children as Spring starts.
“Please ensure that children do not approach abandoned buildings that are submerged in water and refrain from swimming in dams, lakes, swimming pools unsupervised,” she said.The baby was with his mother, Ntombi Sethi at their Phumla-Mqashi informal settlement home in Mfuleni when he wandered off. Family and friends spent around three hours looking for the boy and discovered his lifeless body in the pool of water that stagnated on an open field caused by heavy rainfall in July.
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