Johannesburg Water and Authorities search for a Boy who went missing after falling down a manhole

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MEDIA STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 13 June 2022

Johannesburg Water and Authorities search for a Boy who went missing after falling down a manhole

Johannesburg Water (JW) received reports of an incident that occurred in Dlamini Park,Soweto, which resulted in a boy between the ages of 9 and 10 falling down the manhole.

The incident was reported to JW on the 13th June 2022 and alleged to have happened between 15:00 and 16:00 yesterday, 12th June 2022.

The relevant authorities from SAPS and EMS are onsite, carrying out a search to recover the body.

Details on developments will be communicated as the search progresses.

Johannesburg Water pleads with the community to allow the officials to carry out their work and allow the family space during this period.

ENDS