The unexpected wave killed three swimmers, including one teenager, at the Durban beach on Saturday afternoon."We are devastated by the sad loss of life. We have asked for an urgent report from our disaster teams and eThekwini Municipality," Dube-Ncube said.
Thirty-five lifeguards were involved in the"mass rescue effort" as paramedics attended to more than 100 people caught in the incident, according to a statement from eThekwini Municipality. KwaZulu-Natal emergency services spokesperson Robert McKenzie said 17 people were seriously injured and were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Dube-Ncube has also directed that support be prioritised for all affected families in this time of tragedy. She further called on all authorities and operators manning the beaches and sea areas to ensure that adequate and preventative safety measures are in place to avoid any further loss. ??3 Confirmed Deceased After Mass Drowning - North Beach,Durban. EMS responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries. Unfortunately 3 including a teenager was amongst those who were declared deceased at the scene??
People be investigating mother nature lol. Crazy. Whats next south Africa?
Investigate what!!!!?
Why don’t you have an investigation into the thousands of our farmers who are murdered every day never mind a few who drowned
investigate the Wave 😂😂, they will hire a private invastigator
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Wow look a big wave. Investigation over. Cost to investigate = 5 Billion.
Can literally not even sort out the shit in Dirtbin!
Clearly some people are NOT fit for the office,how are you going to investigate a freak wave? And after that what?lol😶🌫️🤡🤡
🤣🤣🤣🤷 how you investigate natural causes of death
So the wave would be brought to justice.....?
Really you want an investigation from where the wave came from. You should be deploying more life guards on patrol. Train the youth to be life guards.
Investigate the ocean ,, honestly you can’t be that thick
Send investigators to the moon to get readings. Back on earth sail out to Mariana trench and dive the bottom . Take more readings. Then send to ANC scientific committee to analyze and generate a report. But dont forget to tender for the work.
I blame Namor
pmcafrica I don't think Poseidon wants to be probed by our Premier
RIP ppl who lost their lives its very sad. And .... Nomusa are you trying to get the medal of jokers for the year?
The wave will be questioned tomorrow
This takes me back to that Trevor Noah joke about investigating lightening strikes a few years back. SA is just an endless well of standup comedy material.
This Mayor must be related to the one in KZN who called for an investigation into why people are struck by lightning! 😂
Is she investigating the wave
The wave was framed. It was the ANC.
And how will the wave answer to the enquiry?
Is he going to take a statement from God?
I give up. Vax for intelligence available yet?😳
Bathong!
Are you serac right now.
And these are the folks elected into these positions. Hai...suka...how do you investigate the Beach mara God ge?
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This investigation into the ocean will probably cost the tax payers 5 billion.
Huh
So this amazing premier wants to investigate a wave ilat sea....
Hoe de vok gaan hy dit reg kry , gaan hy die sand korrels interview as getuienes
It’s f&cking nature and this whatever he is so called minister will waste money on investigations
There was a big wave. There, i saved the tax payers millions rather than giving it some cadre to do a report.
N then wat u gna prosecute the sea?
Check out the Mexicans, they're famous for their waves Nomusa...
That will cost 45 million rand. Good plan. Where can I sign up for this investigation
My condolences to the family's. People this story has nothing and I say again NOTHING to do with God. It is the choices people make. They were not supposed to swim in that earia due to the currents and sudden change in low and high tides. Investigate the life savers and tides.
The sea is angry with the ANC run Durban Metro for allowing millions of liters of shit to flow into it. There, I solved it for you. No need to spend millions on consultants to investigate. You're welcome.
When BEE goes up. IQ goes down.
Oh f... how stupid.. yes let's investigate nature.. call on the gods of the ocean.. or your ancestors.. I cannot believe what I'm reading..
So what is going to happen to the wave🤣🤣🤣🤣 put down?
So you want to investigate the sea? Niyanya xem!
Although this is sad news I do think the team of experts flown in to investigate the deadly lightning strikes few years back are you best bet. It's absolutely ridiculous how nature can be so cruel. Find the truth...no matter the cost........ 😒
HTF does one investigate a wave …?
what rubbish is this 😂😂😂😂
Who they going to call as their star witness? Poseidon?
Just another opportunity to get their dirty hands on tax monies!!
Investigate...the ocean?
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ja ne! You can't even investigate a corrupt government, sure you'll be able to investigate mother nature 😂😂😂😂 🍌republic
Same freak wave must have washed this bride idea to shore. Keep looking to find the origin of these waves could keep investigators employed for years.
I have been surfing for 35 years...the waves in Durban were small this weekend. This is a cover up...the eThekwiniM doesn't want to admit that they allow drinking on the beaches!JackD157. Similarly they won't blame lack of maintenance gor the sewer problems.
Investigating nature? Is she OK?
Investigating nature? Is she OK?
😂😂😂 what are they going to investigate? Why the ocean dared throw that big wave in Durban?!! Another committee, more money wasted to investigate an act of God! 🤣🤣
Jere we go again
Results of the investigation: the wave came from the ocean, which is where Jan van Riebeeck came from, so it's his fault.
Far more easier to do that than to investigate why so many beachfront swimming pools are closed in peak holiday season...
Wait...first the ANC thinks they own the sun, now they think they can control the waves? seriously? Who exactly is investigating and what is this going to cost the taxpayer? Including looted amount.
😂....it's not a freak wave...it's a riptide a strong tidal current...they happen a lot on the Durban beaches..
It's called a freak wave for a reason. It is something that happens and stops just as abruptly. Please tell me that she doesn't really mean an investigation into the occurrence of the freak wave. Nobody is that..never mind. I hope she was misunderstood for her sake. 🤦🤷♂️
I guess Mother Nature is in a shit load of trouble with the ANC !!!😅🤣😂
It was all the sewerage that gathered and had a mighty release , it’s called the kzn bowel release wave ,
The wave was caused by a freak
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Are they going to ask the sea why it sent a huge wave? 🤣🤣🤣. People drowning is a tragedy but the investigation?
Maybe they should investigate the water pollution first?
They are going to close beaches again like during lockdown 😂😂 as part of their “findings”. Same logic as banning cigarettes
What's he going to ask the 🌊
She’s going to use taxpayer money to investigate the wave?!!!
That province is something else some MEC once called for investigation on why certain people are hit by lightnings
1st Question. Was the victims competent swimmers? No. Wave is free again.
Bathong are they going to investigate the water? Who're they asking these investigative questions to, the waves?
KZN has bigger problems if this is their response 🙄
Can we pics of this wave, someone captured it, surely.
Are they going to investigate the wave....?
Just can't make this sh!t up.
I agree, this freak wave story is unrealistic.
Is she looking for a reason to charge the sea?
Typical cANCer knee jerk reaction to every situation, full investigation will be done. 🙄 Commission of Inquiry established for no other purpose than to loot the funds for said Commission of Inquiry. 🤮
Task team on holiday. Report on the wave will be delayed.
They got washed away cause there was full of kaka in the sea 💩💩💩
I hope that wave gets charged with murder.
Hierdie goed is so fkn dom…!
We truly are the stupidest nation on planet earth.
It's a good call, we're the flags up in a rip tide area? Why?
The minister must have watched Black Panther 2
Seriously is she going to have the wave interviewed? It was a tragic accident but unless you ban swimming in the sea, it is always a risk
That's why it is called a freak wave ffs...
Are we investigating waves now?
Zeus and his band of merry demi gods are wreaking havoc in KZN 😁, 1st it was that lightning fella, now the sea dude, Investigations are long overdue 😂😂.
How do investigate a wave....someome enlighten me...
Trevornoah 😉
Nigerian pastor to take the charges against the wave to god 🤦♀️
Fuck, What? Can they fire her and I will act as minister in the interim. She has verbal diarrhoea this one🤣
The sea rebelled against the Anc for failing to stem the uncontrolled flow of sewerage.
Plse call the wave to court to explain itself.
Once asked for an investigation for lightening that jille peopke
Yebantu, how is this going to go about
Waves in the sea, how do they work?
A full investigation? Is it normally half or?
Don't know who's more dorf...her or those who vote for her...FFS !
a waste of resources! what’s there to be investigated?
Busted Aquaman!
Hopefully the wave was still at the scene of the crime when the police arrived 2 days later! Any arrests been made? 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Missing context. Is it a wave from the sea? If yes then that's going to be close to the impossible because you firstly need to know the epicentre. The so called rogue waves are rare but they do happen, at times powerful enough to damage even modern ships. Read about it.
Honestly... This a complete waste of taxpayer money again. Rather put the money you would use for the investigation into training and paying your lifeguards more.
Kan nie glo KAK24 het so iets n storie van gemaak, net so brainless soos die poephol wat aandring daarop. Was mos in Durban? Is die strand nie dan toe nie
These situations develop very quickly. Whether it's a big wave or a sand bank calapsing, bathers are sucked out into deeper. water. Lifeguards normally get to the bathers quickly but if they panic or are not swimmers they're will be in trouble.
Umm don’t think the wave will be sticking around to answer your questions
perhaps caused by apartheid
Haibo, now we must investigate mother nature🤣🤣🤣
I bet the ocean is terrified!
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Wonder how much is gonna be used for this investigation 🤔
A wave of turds
Dear God... Is this the new name for incompetence
Why? Just blame it on apartheid!
Is this to get money for a tender🙄
Good grief and she’s a premier! We’re doomed…
Maybe Jan van riebeck created the freak wave, just saying. How can you prove an act of nature, the mentality of the people never ceases to amaze me
So nothing then
Investigating the Act of God?
they gon blame apartheid
Investigation terms; 1) Warning issued 2) Action taken depending on (1)
Condolences to those who list family in freak wave. How in heavens name do you investigate a freak wave?
What's there to investigate?
R10million Tender to slaughter sheep and cattle to appease the ocean gods loading.
They must investigate my case also lightning struck my inverter lol
I would think swimming lessons and how to deal with rip currents are crucial to swimmers... IE swimming education. Leave the politics out of nature.!! FuckQueenRamaphosa FokOffANC MYANC PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa
Was the Drommedaris!
Are you going to question the ocean and it waves ...you are ridiculous no wonder SA is a mess , led by incompetent people
😂😂
They will just ride the wave to collect money for a fake investigation.
Hilarious‼️you going to investigate a WAVE😂😂😂
We are investigating the beach🤔
Remember the ANC chop who wanted to investigate lightning strikes.
At least Andre or racism won't get blamed😊😊
You have got to be fucking kidding me
Investigate What. It was a wave. Oh wait maybe it was caused by Jan Van Riebecks boat. So money being wasted once again on stupid ideas. Rather get more life guards on the beach.
What a joke? Who is he questioning Mother Earth 🤣
Investigate a wave? Yeah Madame Premier... ask the wave what it was doing on the beach, why it was loitering where people are swimming, and if it doesn't cooperate, arrest it and deny it bail!
' setup a commission of inquiry ... to investigate the source of that FREAK WAVE. Who's responsible for this THIRD FORCE. Should we dispatch the military to all the beaches '
To investigate a freak wave? Really?
This freak wave must be investigated and face the full might of the law! We don't play here in Mzansi. If need be we shall impose strong wave shedding regulations on unruly ocean waves
Is she planning a investigation of the sea, or the current, or the lazy lifesavers on North beach. They even worse on south beach. Nevermind the beaches should have remained closed anyway. And where is the mayor who opened them
Go catch that wave and interrogate it! Even torture it if you have to until it confesses!!
If a wave gets a full investigation the poor sharks must be swimming away in terror at what the ANC leaders will do to them!
It's Was De Ruyter 😂🤣
A freak wave needs to be investigated? Is the Minister going to attempt to change Ocean currents....will it go out for tender?
Investigate what? 😆😆😆😆😆😆
I bet that wave was racist, they always have that white edge
A multi disciplinary task team must be appointed immediately. Something sinister is at play, why wait for the ANC conference. The timing this wave struck is very suspicious.
No stone must be left unturned
I hope the tender process will be transparent, skinny jeans to bikini bottoms here we come!
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Judicial inquiry for the wave,we must get down to the bottom of how this wave happened
Who will they interview? God!
Ya that needs to be arrested
A full investigation? I wonder if the wave will co-operate when subpoened.
You can't make this up apart from saying that this is ANC intelligence at its best.
What are they going to investigate. Any excuse to steal.
I think Jan brought more boats a shore
Please. Forward to the premier, no need for investigation wasting more tax money. Clearly. Explained
Wave was on drugs
In North West we had similar.. lightning strike - “ we must investigate where this lightning is coming from”….
What a bunch of chops..seriously an investigation...
People were warned about going to kzn for holidays. Look now
Investigate how? Did someone catch its number plate? Was the wave under the influence? I don't get it.
Me thinks the ANC should visit the tectonic plate borders....and lay down the Saffa law regarding freak waves attacking our coastline.....also deploy the SANDF as they have nothing better to do than to watch for naughty waves..
😂🤣 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 How the actual f*ck is she going to investigate this, exactly 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Well what are the terms of reference for the investigation lol. If you use black candles to pray to evil spirits near the ocean to conjure up evil powers to dominate the ANC conference what do you think? Won't those evil spirits sacrifice innocent souls to be appeased?
Well, the people were dodging turds and the sea took revenge at being polluted.
He banna 😂
Investigating a wave... 😮
Damn ocean at it again, so freaking racist… that wave must be on the run at this stage, the investigation should sort it all out.
No need for an investigation it was due to colonialism and apartheid, whites entirely to blame
She previously requested an investigation on lightining strikes. I am not lying, she did.
Full inverstigationLady its the ocean the people that are swimming are from inland they do not know off currents etc. The sea are not a toy ...and you must be sober&swim ...there are too many people in at one time
What
Maybe she knows that the CIA is behind the freak wave
It is that Great White that caused it. Solved.
The conclusion of the investigation....'The investigation has determined that as the beach was here pre 1994... It is the appartheid fault and find to be racist'😂😂😂😂
Shame investigate wave?
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This is a Minister? Dear Minister, there are things called Acts of God. You can only investigate Him by reading your Bible. This is a tragedy, but in future, please write your words down, read it & think!
They are going to have a miting with the wave council of democratic waves and historically disadvantaged water. Expect this to go on for 5 years.
Holy shit, there really isn't any chance of fixing stupid
Did someone force these people to go stand where the wave will hit 🤔
How much to investigate a natural phenomenon? Some cadre is getting a lekker Christmas
Investigate what now, does she suspect that someone sent the wave...?
That's why IQ tests should be mandatory for politicians before they allowed to take the oath of office, just a suggestion 😜
When you realise you're useless, just order a useless investigation so that people might think you're leading from the front. 🤷🏿♂️
Who you gonna ask , the sea ?
Jesus christ. All these ministers and premiers are window lickers!
Apart from a lack of early warning capabilities, what the hell is there to investigate?
What are they going to investigate next ! A lightning bolt ? Ffs
Oh yes. Cos one can investigate waves...heard of Mother Nature? Not as controllable as you think & considering what y'all have done to the environment by allowing sewerage to damage/ruin beaches & natural life...
Probably choked on shit
Who sent the wave? 🤣
Ahem! Going to investigate a freak wave? Let’s put energy into why sewerage pumps have been broken for so long and why beach front pools in such a terrible state for so long!!
Lmga
I give up on the government. What is there to investigate from a freak wave 🤔.
And she is the Premier?😂😂😂
Let's investigate that freak wave. I suggest private prosecution is the way to go!
This calls for a Zondo commission to investigate God and nature
The disaster team did not do its work. They should have predicting that this freak wave will hit exactly at the time these swimmers were in that exact spot. Set up a task team to investigate why they did not consult with mother nature.
We warned them not to go to beaches
Have they put a call thru to god yet or are they looking up the telephone number of the sea..
It’s Cyril’s fault.
nowhere in you story does she call for an investigation on a wave, but the whole incident. But when your agenda is to make the 'anti-Ramacorupt' look stupid, this is the kind of lies you will write. Sis
It’s not making sense 🫤
I guess that wave was full of shit.
Investigating mother nature now?
Only in South Africa 🙄😭
She further called on all authorities and operators manning the beaches and sea areas to ensure that adequate and preventative safety measures are in place to avoid any further loss.
I'm fine with this investigation as long as the budget is kept below R1M.
'We are devastated by the sad loss of life. We have asked for an urgent report from our disaster teams and eThekwini Municipality,' Dube-Ncube said. always has an agenda in their reporting.
White wave in shit again
Arrest that wave immediately
The ancestors maybe?
Investigate a Wave iProvince ibole kanje
Shit! Neptune is in trouble.
I agree. Investigate the ocean. How dare it send waves that are dangerous especially where people who can't swim want to play!
Full investigation of what? It’s a wave doing Gods work you doos!
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Haaibo. Tell me this is a joke.
I have no.idea what happened - but it wouldn't surprise me if (1) people swimming where they weren't supposed to be swimming (2) lack of properly trained lifeguards (3) alcohol (4) overcrowding, were all factors?
Mara politicians, love throwing statements around. I mean how on earth would u investigate such?
Like investigating the lightning that killed people. Are you going to arrest it and interrogate it?
Okay, comment section listen. Investigate what coz such a big wave and what are the chances that another waves bigger or similar are on the way? Is it safe for ppl to around that place or what. In fact it's about events.
I agree with the investigation. How did a freak wave manage to take 100 people put. Was it a side wave if it took them to the pier. Secondly had the lifeguards done their duty to ensure people were only swimming inside the flags. Was their response quick enough. Etc.
Haha yes investigate mother nature! Make sure she is found and protected! We can't have waves killing people that can't swim!
We want to know: where does this wave come from?😂
How the hell do you investigate a wave?
How do you investigate a wave
Seeree-yas?
Why in the world would you investigate a wave?
Investigate what
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