Each year almost 360 000 people die from drowning – over 90% of them in low- and middle-income countries. Males are twice as likely to drown as females. More than half of drowning deat... Read more
At approximately 08h00 on Monday morning 16 October 2017, Netcare 911 responded to reports of a drowning at a house in the Reservoir Hills area, Durban. Paramedics from different services re... Read more
A four-year-old boy has drowned this evening in a swimming pool at a residence in Helderkruin, west of Johannesburg. ER24 paramedics were called to the scene by a local security company and... Read more
A man, believed to be in his late 40s, drowned this morning in the Kliprivier in Midvaal. ER24 paramedics arrived on scene at 12H40 and declared the man dead on the scene. The SAPS Search an... Read more
At approximately 17h00 on Friday 14 July 2017, Netcare 911 responded to reports of a drowning in a swimming pool at a residence in Bantry Bay, Cape Town. When Netcare 911 arrived at the scen... Read more
The body of the missing person from Kgautswane of the Leboeng Policing area outside Burgersfort was recovered in a nearby dam during an intensive joint search operation by the SAPS Thohoyand... Read more
At 18h01 Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a drowning incident at the Battery beach in Durban. Reports from the scene indicate that the man went for a swim when he got into difficulty and... Read more
At 12h23 on Friday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a drowning incident at the Umhlanga main beach. Reports from the scene indicate that a holidaymaker from Gauteng got into dif... Read more
A search will resume on Friday for a missing man believed to have drowned at Cuttings Beach in Durban. The alarm was raised by local fishermen that were fishing at the time when they noticed... Read more
At 13h19 on Saturday afternoon the Netcare 2 helicopter was activated for a near drowning incident in the Kempton Park area. Reports from the scene indicate that the four year old child was... Read more
