Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has expressed his and the City’s deepest condolences to the families of 11 fishermen lost at sea after their fishing trawler sunk. Mayor Hill-Lewis and Premier Alan Winde visited the families of the 11 fishermen on Monday, 20 May, after the coordinated search effort was officially called off by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. Nine fishermen were rescued as part of an extensive multi-agency search effort over the weekend.

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‘We are mourning today with the families of those fishermen lost at sea. Together with the Premier, I conveyed our deepest condolences directly to these families this morning, 10 of whom are from Cape Town, with one from Malmesbury.

‘We honour and remember these fishermen. We are praying for their families.

‘The City extends its gratitude to the dedicated personnel who have managed to save nine lives as part of the search effort led by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), South African Search and Rescue, and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.

Supplied by: City of Cape Town and Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash