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KZN COGTA MEC CONVEYS CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING TRAGIC DROWNING INCIDENTS ON THE SOUTH COAST – KZNCOGTA

Summary by kzncogta.gov.za
Ulundi, 3 January 2026 — The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) is deeply saddened to confirm a series of tragic drowning incidents that occurred at Pennington Beach and surrounding areas on New Year’s Day. According to official reports, the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) was alerted to a mass drowning incident at approximately 18:20 on Thursday, 01 January 2026. A group of bathers we…
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kzncogta.gov.za broke the news in on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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