{"id":369889,"date":"2025-02-12T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=369889"},"modified":"2025-02-12T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:07:56","slug":"namibian-man-drowns-at-aussenkehr-during-illegal-fishing-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=369889","title":{"rendered":"Namibian man drowns at Aussenkehr during illegal fishing trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Namibian police are searching for the body of a Namibian man identified as Mabilani Osbert Mabilani (35), who drowned in the Orange River during an illegal fishing expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the weekend crime bulletin, the drowning happened on Friday, 7 February 2025, at around 08:00 in the Orange River near Farm Boplaatz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is alleged that Mabilani drowned when the tube he was using to stay afloat burst and deflated while he was catching fish with another man. 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