Fisherman drowns

26 June 2007 - 02:00
By unknown

A fisherman has drowned after his boat overturned in a dam in the Kruger National Park.

A fisherman has drowned after his boat overturned in a dam in the Kruger National Park.

Vuyolwethu Noko, 29, together with his friend and a 5-year-old child were fishing in the Kruger Gate Dam when their motorboat overturned on Saturday evening.

"The friend managed to swim to safety with the child, but he could not rescue the deceased," said Lowveld area police spokesman Superintendent Mtsholi Bhembe. - Sakhile Mokoena