Police in Mpumalanga have opened an inquest docket after two girls, aged 15 and 18, reportedly drowned in the Mabulala dam, where they were washing laundry.
Police said the two girls, who were cousins, were with friends at the dam near White River.
"The other friends then tried to pull them out of the dam, but all their efforts were unsuccessful," police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said in a statement.
An inquest docket has been opened and is being investigated by police.
Mpumalanga police commissioner Lieutenant-General Mondli Zuma said it was heartbreaking that the lives of two young girls were cut short, especially during the celebration of Youth Month.
