A man suspected to be in his late twenties was found floating in the Vaal river at around 11h30 Saturday morning. It is believed that a person coming out of the River side Hotel in Van der Bijl park noticed the man floating in the river and raised the alarm.
Netcare 911 Paramedics arrived on scene and found that bystanders had pulled the Body of the man to the river bank. After examining the patient paramedics found that he had sadly died some time ago as the body showed signs of decomposition.
SAPS was on scene and the case will be investigated.
Chris Botha
Netcare 911
