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A commission of inquiry will begin on Monday to probe the circumstances around the grounding of a cargo ship off Buffels Bay near Knysna.
The 168-metre bulk carrier Kiani Satu sank almost 2 weeks ago after numerous salvage efforts managed to re-float her.
The Kiani Satu was then towed out to sea by the salvage tug Smit Amandla where she sank in 1 000 metres of water 110 nautical miles south of Buffels Bay.
The ship was carrying 330 tons of heavy fuel oil and 15 000 tons of rice which was lost in the sinking.
Gavin Fitzmaurice, the instructing attorney for the owners and insurers of the ship's cargo, said the commission would be held in Cape Town and take between five and seven days to complete.