Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the
drowning.
The bodies of the girls were taken to a hospital mortuary
for postmortem, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
confirmed.
Cases of young people drowning have been on the increase
and in February, three children aged four, five and six and a young man of 19
drowned in separate incidents with police expressing concern over the safety of
children countrywide.
The young man and one child drowned in Jotsholo, while the
other two children drowned in Mberengwa.
On February 23, 2023, Mthulisi Nhlalo Ndlovu aged 5 of St
George Village, Chief Mabhikwa, Jotsholo, drowned in a two-metre deep well when
his guardians left him alone at home.
On February 24, Donald Gwezuva (6) and Praymore Shoko (4)
of Chidanhika Village, Chief Mapiravana, Mberengwa lost their lives after
drowning in a 1.5m deep pool.
The parents of the children had left the children at home
while attending a local meeting.
On February 25, 2023, the body of Resistance Mhlanga (19)
of Banda Village, Chief Mabhikwa, Jotsholo was retrieved from the flooded Gwayi
River which he had tried to cross.
Again in February, a swimming expedition ended in tragedy
when two boys from the Kwalu 2 (Mfelandawonye) suburb in Beitbridge, drowned in
an abandoned pool near Limpopo View suburb.
The two were in a group of five boys who were swimming in
the pond around midday. Two others were
able to swim out and sought help, resulting in the third boy being saved from
drowning by five body-builders working out nearby, who swiftly rushed to the
scene. Herald
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