Slindile Nene's son, Ayanda, died at Durban's North Beach on Saturday - and has still not fully processed the new reality of a life without her child.
10-year-old Ayanda Nene was washed away by an unexpected freak wave at Durban's North Beach at the weekend.Ayanda Nene, 10, was swept away by a freak wave at Durban's North Beach.Three other children, who were with the family, survived the ordeal.
Her family and neighbours from Hammersdale, Sankontshe, had been on an annual day trip to the beach. She didn't immediately realise that Ayanda had drowned until she saw him on the paramedics' stretcher, where they attempted to resuscitate him. I stood there and saw them try their best to save him. I believe he was still alive when they took him out of the water. They must have spent two hours trying to save him. They pumped water out of his body and gave him oxygen. Unfortunately, all their efforts were not enough to bring him back to life.
"The older ones seem fine, except they are sad. But the 12-year-old boy is still traumatised. He had difficulty breathing when we got home from the beach. We didn't know what was wrong. We called the ambulance, but it didn't arrive. Luckily, he survived and is breathing fine now. However, he's traumatised because he sleeps with the lights on now. I think he relives the ordeal if it's dark," Langa said.
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