57-year-old woman and her three-year-old grandson drown in Mfolozi River

KWAMSANE police have opened an inquest docket following the drowning of a 57-year-old woman and her three-year-old grandson in the Mfolozi River on Friday.

According to KwaMsane SAPS spokesperson, Captain Jabulani Mdletshe, Nomusa Khumalo and Jabulani Cele left home at about 11:30am to collect water from the river.

‘They did not return home and were later spotted by a cattle herder floating in the river,’ said Mdletshe.

They were already dead and their bodies were to the Mtubatuba state mortuary.

No foul play is suspected.

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