Disasters · Beach safetyOrient Beach shark attack kills swimmer, prompts two beach closuresAired October 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM UTCWritten October 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A shark killed a 65-year-old swimmer at Orient Beach.0:10Authorities closed two beaches afterward and warned people to stay out of the water.0:14That warning extended beyond the place where she died.0:17The practical question now is whether the municipality has since changed those0:20restrictions.0:21The woman died on Tuesday morning, October 20th, on South Africa's eastern Cape0:25Coast.0:26Orient Beach is in Kugampo, the city formerly known as East London.0:30Eastern Beach was the second beach closed after the attack.0:33Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality confirmed the fatal attack through spokesman0:38Luzuko Buku.0:39Police spokeswoman Colonel Sifukazi Moisa said officers found the woman's body at0:44the beach after being called there.0:46Police say they were called around 7, while the attack reportedly happened around 8.0:50Another account puts officers' arrival at 7.0:53Those times don't fit together.0:55The attack happened Tuesday morning, but its precise time is unclear.0:58The woman has been publicly identified as Janine Lochrenberg, a retired1:02radiographer, although police haven't confirmed her name.1:05She was swimming with an open water group when the attack happened.1:08Fellow swimmer Mike Loah said members of the group responded to her distress signal1:13and brought her ashore.1:14A medic in the group tried to save her, but she was declared dead at the scene.1:18Police have opened an inquest into her death.1:21That investigation is the next step in examining what happened to the swimmer.1:25Orient Beach and Eastern Beach were closed until further notice on Tuesday.1:29The public warning was to stay out of the water.1:31By Wednesday, October 21st, it wasn't clear whether the municipality had lifted,1:36continued, or changed those restrictions.1:38The municipality gave no fixed reopening date in Tuesday's warning.1:42A current municipal notice is still needed to tell swimmers whether they can enter1:45the water at either beach.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗