Family inconsolable after sons drowning

LYDENBURG – A mere two days after Christmas a family of Mashishing is mourning the death of their eight-year-old boy after he drowned in a quarry on the outskirts of town.

According to Mr Deon Broekman, hazmat operator at Rapid Response, he received the distress call just before 13:00 today. Broekman immediately called the search and rescue team of Capts Pottie and Joey Potgieter of White River to recover little Sibusiso Tshepang’s body.
According to police officers at the scene it is still unclear what led to the drowing as two different statements were made by the other children that was playing with the boy at the quarry.
According to one statement, the child was pushed into the water by another man standing on the edge of the water. Another, however, states that the children (three including Sibusiso) were all playing in the water when he suddenly went under the water and never resurfaced.

The family of Sibusiso cried inconsolably when he was eventually pulled from the water. They were unable to speak to the newspaper at that time.
This is apparently the 12th drowning in this festive season in Mpumalanga.