Johannesburg Emergency Management Service urges religious leaders to ensure the safety of their congregants when conducting rituals

The Johannesburg Emergency Management Service has called on religious leaders to ensure the safety of their congregants when conducting rituals. This comes after an 18-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man drowned at the Klip River in Olifantsvlei during a cleansing ritual on Saturday evening. Johannesburg EMS spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi, says incidents like these can be prevented: