{"id":43560,"date":"2026-01-30T12:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/body-of-drowned-male-recovered-inanda-kzn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:48:27","slug":"body-of-drowned-male-recovered-inanda-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/body-of-drowned-male-recovered-inanda-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of Drowned Male Recovered: Inanda \u2013 KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The body of a male who drowned at Inanda Dam in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, was recovered by members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) today (Friday).<\/p>\n<p>The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Mthokozisi Qwabe. Qwabe was fishing with a friend on Tuesday when they decided to swim due to the extreme heat. Qwabe, who was reportedly unable to swim, began experiencing difficulty in the water before disappearing beneath the surface. His friend attempted to rescue him but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) K9 Search and Rescue Unit conducted a search operation at the dam; however, the search yielded no results.<br \/>\nReaction Officers and RUSA Paramedics returned to the scene this morning after receiving information from a member of the public reporting a possible sighting in the water. The caller was unable to confirm what was observed.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, a Reaction Officer deployed a drone (D197) to conduct a low-level aerial search after the caller lost&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76291&#038;page=body-of-drowned-male-recovered-inanda-kzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The body of a male who drowned at Inanda Dam in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, was recovered by members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) today (Friday). The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Mthokozisi Qwabe. Qwabe was fishing with a friend on Tuesday when they decided to swim due to the extreme heat. Qwabe, who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622356979_1334894235330999_5700622297026279763_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-43560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622356979_1334894235330999_5700622297026279763_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}