Police investigations still continue on what really happened at Kismere Estate in Barberton where two men allegedly drowned after being instructed to search for a dead hippo in a dangerous dam.
“Our investigations still continue. A postmortem to determine the cause of death of the two victims will be conducted today,” explained Capt Jabu Ndubane, spokesperson of the Pienaar Cluster.
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SAPS opened a murder inquest after the discovery of the bodies of two men who disappeared in the dam on Monday and Tuesday. A week ago they were asked by their boss, who is professional hunter, together with the owner of the estate to use a small boat to search for a hippo he had allegedly gunned down in the dam earlier that day. This follows the hippo’s tendencies of devouring sugar cane in the estate.
The deceased, 28-year old Emmanuel Mthabini of Lulekani Village in Tzaneen and his co-worker Joseph Mohando (44) from Burundi, were last seen by their boss and the estate owner on June 25.