The members of the South African Amateur Swimming Union created a Memorial to those who died in World War II, which was displayed at the pool entrance during the annual national championships.

Unfortunately, its current whereabouts are unknown, and the names inscribed on the plinth are not known.

Others include WP member of SAASU Jack Currie, Olympic medallist Transvaler Rhoda Rennie, Rhodesian Marty Parrington, Natal swimmer and triathlete Dave McCarney, Roy Jacobson, and many others of whom no record is left. In time their names and stories may be added here.

Jeffrey Hopft was a visiting South African (he actually might have been a Rhodesian customs officer in LM) swimmer in Mozambique, who died in 1960 when he crashed his Mini against the Lorenzo Marques Polona Beach pavilion, where a plaque was unveiled in his memory.

Pidgi Sousa Costa, Jeffrey Hopft, Eduardo Horta, Fernando Abreu Costa and Carlos Otão

Peter Storzner (left)

Voormalige wêreldrekordhouer sterf

15 September 2007 KAAPSTAD. – Die bobaas-swemmer en -waterpolospeler Peter Storzner is gister hier begrawe nadat hy verlede Sondag op die ouderdom van 49 oorlede is.
Storzner het die Westelike Provinsie en Noord-Transvaalse waterpolo-spanne sowel as die Suid-Afrikaanse span by twee byeenkomste in Hongarye en Egipte verteenwoordig. Hy was ook ’n uitstekende swemmer wat in ’n stadium die wêreldrekord in die meesters 200 m-rugslag gehou het.
In 2004 het Storzner Suid-Afrika in die meesters-afdeling (45-50) by die Wêreldbyeenkoms in Rhizone, Italië verteenwoordig. Hier het hy uitstekend gevaar om ’n goue medalje (100 m rugslag) en ’n silwermedalje (50 m rugslag) by die byeenkoms te buit. Hy was ook vierde in die 200 m-rugslag.
Storzner word deur sy vrou, Monica, en sy kinders Conrad, Bianca en Brigitte oorleef.

Janine Locherenberg dies in shark attack

October 2026

South African swimmer Janine Lochrenberg was killed in a shark attack off the coast of Orient Beach in East London on Tuesday, October 20, around 8 a.m.

 Lochrenberg was swimming with a local open-water club when witnesses say she was bitten on her thigh and her upper arm while wearing a magnetic shark repellent band on her ankle during the practice.

She was brought to shore by fellow swimmers including her sister Margot, but it is believed that she died before they were able to get her out of the water.

Margot spoke with the BBC and said that her sister “loved the water” and wanted to swim despite being aware of an “elevated shark presence” where she was swimming. “She’d made peace with that. She had a deep affinity with the water and was a remarkable person.”

Lochrenberg’s partner Barbara Briceland said that she was a good swimmer and very brave, saying, “She was a highly intelligent, lots of fun, kind, in a quietish way, thoughtful, well-loved with a love of life.”

Shark attacks are relatively rare, particularly fatal ones. The Florida Museum of Natural History data states that there were 105 “alleged shark-human interactions” during 2025 and their International Shark Attack File (ISAF) was able to confirm 65 of those were unprovoked bites and 29 provoked bites on humans. They report that 9 of those unprovoked attacks were fatal.

In 2025, South Africa had one confirmed shark attack, which was fatal. Since 2012, South Africa has had less than 10 fatal shark attacks.

Orient Beach, where Lochrenberg was swimming, has been closed along with another nearby beach, Eastern Beach, until further notice.

https://swimswam.com/south-african-swimmer-janine-lochrenberg-dies-in-shark-attack/

Janine Lochrenburg (65) and her life partner Barbara Briceland (70) celebrate another wild swim, this time in the Cefani River near KuGompo City. They swam 70 ocean and river venues, one for each year, to mark Briceland’s 70th. (Photo: Ally Mally) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-21-we-are-here-janine-my-account-of-fatal-orient-beach-shark-attack/