The body of a 40 year old man from Harare who fell into the 108-meter-deep Victoria Falls chasm while on holiday on New Years’ day was located on Saturday, search teams said.
While police are still withholding the man’s identity, one news outlet named the local tourist as Roy George Tinashe Dikinya.
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo tweeted Saturday that search teams were now trying to recover the man’s body from the deep and rugged gorge.
“A ZimParks and police search team has identified some body parts down the gorge and work is underway to find ways to retrieve the body of a 40-year-old man who fell into the gorge in Victoria Falls on New year’s day,” Farawo said.
Images emerged on social media of the tourist, who was in the company of a female friend taking turns to take selfies when he slipped into the gorge.It is suspected that he slipped and plunged down the gorge at the danger zone.He was seen wearing slippers and walking on the slippery rocky edge of the water fall.
That was too close why can’t they put a barrier tape
Respicus Chipanta ichimpwena efyo chaba.
Respicus Chipanta Even without a barrier one is just supposed to use common sense
They’ll lose the UNESCO world heritage site status once they start changing things. It comes with funding
The Devils pit.
How do you seriously wear slippers on a wild tour of the falls? Anyway, death is a mystery.. he could have been wearing outdoor boots but if it was his pre-destined day of departure, it could have made no difference.
Very stupid
He was very careless. However, a loved one has been lost and for that we say RIP and condolences. Barriers should be erected.
Very stupid indeed. How do you die for pictures.
For Tourist it is very common.They
Get excited. You can’t blame them.
This is tragic. Rest in peace young man. And may your family and friends find strength from the God?
I thought there was a fence around there?
That’s on the Zimbabwean side, the zambian side does have a fence
Charity Kaela Mutale Thank you. Long time since I’ve been.
It was farcical or asinine death
I would never go near that edge myself
I still don’t understand why people are allowed there
Michael Mthetwa
In that moment when he slipped, when he knew there was no way out, that is the anguish that leads me to avert calling him stupid. Tragic.
I have done this before, and its quite safe if you are very awake and conscious of the consequences, its good for the heart to dare. However, he needed safer shoes fit enough for the weather at hand. We definitely have barriers now on the Zambian side, I am not sure about the Zim side where the incident happened. 20 years ago on the Zambian we never had barriers either, I guess to retain the natural heritage.
I was born and raised in Livingstone am now in my late twenties and I must say I have never known why people get hyped up about watching water fall over a cliff ???
Well done for retrieving the body, at least we can give him a befitting burial
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Thank God they have found the body
I was born and raised in Petauke I am now in my late fourties and I must say I have never known why people get hyped up about watching a lion an elephant or a Giraffe cos often I scamper for safety when I meet these creatures in my neighborhood travels. Livingstononian the world is diverse. Someone in Scotland has never experienced what I have and I cant stop him from admiring the very beast I dread. We all cant be the same
They have said ati, he was with a younger lady, men do strange things in front of women, MHSRIP and may his death be a lesson to us dear Lord, Amen