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The National Sea Rescue Institute in Mossel Bay and police divers are searching for a 40-year-old local man who went missing in the Gouritz River while swimming late on Saturday afternoon.
Mossel Bay station commander, André Fraser says a duty crew, the police, and other emergency services responded to the scene.
He says two bystanders had entered the water to try to assist and one of them was treated by paramedics for non-fatal drowning symptoms.
Fraser says despite an extensive search in the water and along the banks of the river, no sign of the missing man was found.
He says police divers are continuing with an ongoing search.
