Police in Katima Mulilo have retrieved the body of a sixteen-year-old boy who drowned in the Zambezi River on Friday evening.

The Erongo Governor's order to urgently remove rocks believed to have trapped a 15-year-old boy, who drowned 43 days ago near Platz am Meer Mall in Swakopmund, has still not been carried out.

The governor gave authorities until Monday to act, but the rocks remain untouched.

Two people are missing and presumed drowned after a canoe carrying three individuals capsized while crossing from Namibia to Zambia near Kazungula Bridge.

The decomposed body of Simon Keramin (45) was found on a riverbank at Farm Breckhorn Oast in the Maltahöhe district last Friday.

The death toll from drowning incidents due to the floods has increased to four.