SAPS divers in Gqeberha have retrieved the bodies of Jerome Cowie (11) and Corné Boesak (12) in the Swartkops River after they drowned while swimming.
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Capt. Gerda Swart, police spokesperson, says a group of six boys went swimming in the Swartkops River close to Taylor Street in Kariega on Sunday. The group attempted to swim across the river when two of the children allegedly got tired while they were in the middle of the river.
One of the friends reportedly returned to help them get across and while assisting, both boys disappeared.
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The group left the river and only after the parents started enquiring about the whereabouts of the two missing boys, were they informed by the other children as to what had happened.
Swart has urged parents to “ensure that there are always adult supervision at all times when children go to rivers to swim.”
