Tug boat missing, four crew aboard
THE South African air force, navy and sea rescue vessels are searching the country's west coast for a tug boat carrying four crew that has been missing for two days.
The 16m tug boat was on route from Richards Bay, north of the east coast port city of Durban, to Cape Town.
An empty life raft, believed to be from the vessel, was recovered off South Africa's Wild Coast, a notoriously rough stretch of sea between Durban and East London.
Name of boat unknown at present.