Authorities yesterday despatched condolences to the Dikinya household after Mr Roy George Tinashe Dikinya slipped and fell into Victoria Falls gorge on New 12 months’s Day.
In an announcement, Surroundings, Local weather, Tourism and Hospitality Business Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu yesterday mentioned the loss of life of Mr Dikinya, who was aged 40, was tragic and regrettable.
“On behalf of my ministry and Authorities at giant, I want to prolong honest condolences to the Dikinya household following the tragic incident which noticed Mr Roy George Tinashe Dikinya slip and fall into the Victoria Falls gorge,” reads a part of the assertion.
“This can be a uncommon, tragic and unlucky incident to be witnessed on the mighty Victoria Falls over time. All needed precautions shall be taken to protect towards recurrence of such an unlucky incident.
“Certainly, the Victoria Falls, like different vacationer resorts must be a spot for leisure and merrymaking. This remoted incident is due to this fact, sincerely regretted.”
Minister Ndlovu mentioned efforts to retrieve Mr Dikinya’s physique had been underway and appealed to firms with appropriate tools to help.
“I need to acknowledge the efforts by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimparks assisted by different personal sector gamers in Victoria Falls to attempt to retrieve the stays of the deceased. Nevertheless, the precarious location of the stays have hampered progress,” mentioned Minister Ndlovu.
“Primarily based on the present efforts, we imagine we must always be capable of get the related tools, of which primarily based on professional evaluation, we imagine just one mine has such in Matebeleland South, on website. I enchantment to another firm which can have appropriate tools to come back ahead and help.”
Minister Ndlovu mentioned Authorities was decided to see an honest closure to the incident.
“We stay decided to see the respectable closure to this tragic incident, and on this respect want to replace that we’ve got now activated the Civil Safety Buildings,” he mentioned.
Dikinya reportedly slipped on the Hazard Level inside the rainforest and fell greater than 100 metres into the gorge beneath the waterfall. Water ranges within the Zambezi River are steadily rising resulting from heavy rains which were falling upstream.
In 2009, a neighborhood tour information who was working for a South African safari operator fell headlong into the gorge whereas attempting to avoid wasting a European vacationer who had slipped whereas swimming within the Satan’s Pool the place “courageous” vacationers often dangerously swim on the cliff.
The tour information efficiently reached for the vacationer who was about to fall into the gorge and pulled him again to security by the hand however sadly he slipped and fell into the gorge whereas the vacationer survived.
In 2019, a 34-year-old Israeli vacationer drowned whereas swimming and not using a life jacket within the flooded Zambezi River close to the Victoria Falls Bridge, with the physique retrieved three days later.