A man drowned at Bloubergstrand on New Year’s Day, while a body was found in Muizenberg on New Year’s Eve.
Safety and Security Mayoral Committee Member, JP Smith, said the 33-year-old man was pulled out of the water at the West Coast beach at about 2.45pm and after rescuers attempted CPR for half an hour, he was declared dead.
Earlier, a Malawian man’s body was retrieved from the inland waters of Zandvlei in Muizenberg.
Law Enforcement spokesman, Wayne Dyason, said the 33-year-old man was canoeing around 3.30pm when his canoe overturned and he failed to resurface on Sunday. A search ensued.
NSRI Strandfontein station commander, Vaughn Seconds, said: “During a search operation by police divers, supported by NSRI Station 16 Strandfontein and Fire and Rescue Services divers, a police helicopter joined the search and shortly into the aerial search the crew on the helicopter spotted the body of the man underwater in the vlei.
“The body was recovered by divers and taken into the care of the Forensic Pathology Services,” Seconds said.
The family of the victim are being assisted by police trauma counsellors and police have opened an inquest docket.