Nic Stevens, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said: At 17h02, Thursday, 1 January, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated following reports of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) efforts in progress at Langebaan Main beach.
NSRI Mykonos crew, NSRI lifeguards, West Coast Medical Rescue and the SA Police Services responded.
On arrival on the scene it was found that a 26 year old male, from Burundi, had reportedly been found floating lifeless in the water by a kite-boarder who had recovered the man to the beach where a doctor, from Germany, a fellow kite-boarder, had initiated CPR.
Paramedics continued with extensive CPR efforts but after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted sadly he was declared deceased.
The body of the deceased man has been taken into the care of Police and Government Health Forensic Pathology Services.
An Inquest docket has been opened by Police.
The circumstances leading to the incident have not been determined.
Condolences are conveyed to family of the deceased man.
Wooden German
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
Gullyway
A child can play with anything including his mother’s breast but not his father’s testicles.