Residents are urged to visit www.joburg.org.za to find the nearest municipal swimming pool.
MANY fatalities that result from drowning during heat waves and rainy seasons has prompted the City of Johannesburg to provide some residents with free swimming lessons through the Learn to Swim programme.
The programme was introduced to some of the municipal swimming pools in conjunction with Swimming South Africa. In 2018, the City’s Emergency Management Services recorded and responded to 93 water-related incidents and drowning.
Recently, scores of Ennerdale residents and surrounding areas went in their numbers for swimming lessons at the Ennerdale swimming pool in Extension Nine, in the south of Johannesburg.
Lifeguard Phumlani Khubeka said the programme also taught people about the importance of saving water, more especially during the summer season when water is in high demand.
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