Kanye man drowns in Peleng Dam

Tumelo Mouwane | Tuesday January 31, 2017 16:20

Station commander, superintendent Photshanyana Mogatsaseno said the incident happened on January 19 when the deceased allegedly went swimming.Mogatsaseno said investigations are still ongoing.

“We are investigating a case where a man aged between 26 and 27 drowned in the Peleng dam. We received a report on January 19 evening, went there and confirmed the incident.

“We managed to locate the man’s relatives and found out that he originated from Kanye.

We suspect the deceased had gone swimming”. She cautioned the public against swimming and fishing at the Peleng dam.

“It is too risky. The water is overflowing and no one knows what is really in the dam,” she said.