/ 26 February 1999

CROC SUSPICION AFTER HEAD FOUND

MPUMALANGA police recovered on Thursday the head of a man who was apparently eaten by a crocodile in the Olifants River near Marble Hall. The head was identified as that of Wilson Milanzi (76) who went missing on Sunday after going for a swim in the river. Captain Blackie Swart said Milanzi’s family thought he had drowned and tried to dredge the river themselves before calling in police. “We only found the man’s head, with lots of bite marks on it. The rest of his body seems to have been eaten by the crocodiles,” Swart said.