{"id":218954,"date":"2026-05-04T21:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/218954\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:57:14","slug":"man-dies-while-fishing-daily-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/218954\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies while fishing! | Daily Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n A 34-year-old man has drowned after he went fishing with two friends. \n <\/p>\n

A NIGHT fishing trip ends in tragedy.<\/p>\n

This after a man drowned while trying to swim across the Xingwedzi River outside Malamulele, Limpopo.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old man, identified as Mathew Chauke, passed away in Mtititi Altein area on Saturday, 2 May, at about 9.15pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was fishing with two friends when the deadly incident happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the men crossed to the opposite side of the river and called for Chauke to join him.<\/p>\n

Chauke entered the water and tried to swim across, but it was a fatal mistake.<\/p>\n

He struggled midstream and disappeared beneath the surface as his friends watched helplessly.<\/p>\n

They pulled him from the water and tried desperately to save him, but it was too late.<\/p>\n

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Limpopo police spokesman Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said: “Malamulele police have opened an inquest docket following the drowning of a 34-year-old male at Mtititi Altein, Xingwedzi River on Saturday, 02 May 2026 at about 21:15.<\/p>\n

“Police were on routine patrol duties when they received a complaint of a drowning incident at the river and rushed to the scene. On arrival, they were informed by two witnesses that they’d been fishing with the victim when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

“It’s alleged that one of the men crossed to the opposite side of the Xingwedzi River and called the deceased to join him. While attempting to swim across, the 34-year-old got into difficulty and drowned. The witnesses managed to retrieve him from the water and attempted to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful.”<\/p>\n

When Emergency Medical Services arrived, they declared Chauke dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed that his next of kin identified him as Mathew Chauke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe extended condolences to the family. <\/p>\n

She warned communities to be extra cautious around rivers and dams, especially at night and during the rainy season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 34-year-old man has drowned after he went fishing with two friends. A NIGHT fishing trip ends…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[111579,3609,573,4851,131],"class_list":["post-218954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-drowns","tag-fishing","tag-johannesburg","tag-man","tag-south-africa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116518548055769997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}