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A SAPS rescue craft patrols Jozini Dam while searching for three missing fishermen.Image: SUPPLIED
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KZN fishermen drown after hippo tips their raft

Police search and rescue teams have located the bodies of three fishermen who drowned after a hippo attacked and capsized their raft at Jozini Dam in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. The SAPS unit responded after reports of the attack…

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A hippo has been spotted in the Chartwell area, near Fourways in JohannesburgPicture: Stig Nygaard/CREATIVE COMMONS
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Public cautioned after hippo sighted near Fourways in Johannesburg

ORRIN SINGH The Gauteng agriculture and rural development department has cautioned the public to be on the lookout for and steer clear of a hippo which was initially spotted near Fourways on December 29. In a statement on Monday, the…

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WATCH | Surf’s up! Cheeky grey heron takes a ride on hippo’s back in Kruger National Park

A cheeky heron hitched a ride on the back of a hippo in the Kruger National Park. This funny clip, filmed on September 12 2019, shows the moment the heron made it across a lake by “surfing” on the hippo. The person who filmed it told…

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