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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>What was supposed to be a relaxing week-long holiday at the beach turned into a nightmare for a Pretoria family, after their loved one went missing at sea while trying to save his friends whose kayak had capsized.<\/p>\n

Pretoria-resident Beyers Coetzee and a group of his friends went on holiday to Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape, when disaster struck.<\/p>\n

According to his family, the group went to Port St Johns on Wednesday and were supposed to return home on Sunday.<\/p>\n

His heartbroken sister-in-law Daniella Coetzee said they are trying to come to terms with what happened.<\/p>\n

“He was waiting with some of his friends’ children on the shore on Saturday. Two of the guys went out to sea on a kayak. They watched as the guys were riding the kayak into the sea, and it capsized. The two men fell into the water. As I understand it, Beyers saw that, and he rushed into the sea and swam to the kayak,” she said.<\/p>\n

According to the sister-in-law, Beyers used the kayak to row to where his friends were, but he also capsized.<\/p>\n

“The kids who were standing on the beach all saw what happened, and they didn’t see him come up again,” she added.<\/p>\n

Daniella said the two other men were taken by a riptide and emerged about 300 metres away.<\/p>\n

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His ex-wife Ronel Coetzee said the group was still in Port St Johns and would decide at the end of the week when they would be travelling back home.<\/p>\n

She said all the family could do was pray.<\/p>\n

“We are sending all our prayers, and the whole family is basically supporting us. My older son is in Germany, unfortunately. He relocated a month ago. Myself and [our] two sons stay in contact all the time and speak a lot on video calls. It is all we can do.”<\/p>\n

She said her sons, Johannes, 24, and Dawid, 20, were devastated.<\/p>\n

“The boys are shattered. It is the worst thing they have ever had to face,” Ronel said.<\/p>\n

She described her ex-husband as “very adventurous.<\/p>\n

“The boys were very close to their dad. We are hoping for the best.”<\/p>\n

National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon confirmed they were working with police divers to search for Coetzee.<\/p>\n

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