The body of a young man was found adrift close to where the four South Africans were last seen on Monday and was taken to the morgue in Maputo.

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The four who went missing were part of a group of eight young people who traveled to the Portuguese Islands by boat on Monday.

They were swept away from shore by sea currents.

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A large scale search operation has since been launched to try and find them.

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