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Floods in countries such as Mozambique (above), Uganda, Malawi and other Great Lakes countries take lives. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
AFRICA

Children drowning is a public health crisis, especially in Africa’s Great Lakes region

When I was a child, my younger brother, Bob Kizito, drowned in a pond at the age of just eight

  • Robert Kigongo
3 min read
A view down towards Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay from Da Gamaskop, where a nine year old boy from the community drowned on 6 October. (David Harrison)
CHILDREN

Mother discovers body of her drowned child, missing for a week, between rocks at Mossel Bay beach

While the community is seeking permanent lifeguards, the municipality contends it cannot afford such

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
DROWNING

49 Somalis drown off Yemen coast

Forty-nine Somali migrants drowned when their boat capsized during heavy winds in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen’s southern coast.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Asylum seekers drown off Australian island
AUSTRALIA

Asylum seekers drown off Australian island

Dozens of asylum seekers drowned and a number were rescued after their boat ran onto rocks near Australia’s Christmas Island.

  • Syd Astbury
1 min read
DROWNING

Twenty cases of drowning reported in Gauteng in December

About 20 drownings have been reported in Gauteng since the beginning of December, provincial police said on Friday.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read