Khayalethu fell into an open manhole on Sunday while playing with friends at a popular park on Mtambo street in Dlamini and he has been missing since.
The chamber situated near the Avaton Cemetery is the central point where all sewage as well as debris flows to. There officials were hopeful that they would make progress. A drone was used to survey land at a nearby river. This device fed live visuals to an operator, who would pick up on any items or objects resembling a human figure.
“Before the water gets into the plant, there is a net that sifts all the debris and that is what they are sucking out. If we cannot find him here at the chamber, we will move towards the net,” he said.Malaudzi said in the event that the Khayalethu’s body is not recovered, teams would have to head back to the drawing board and revisit all the places they have searched before including where he fell.