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Free State dad dies in a freak accident while in a holiday resort pool with his daughter

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Erik Rautenbach’s partner, Luzinda Harmse, their daughter, Zonike, and Luzinda’s mom, Linda Harmse, have been left distraught after his tragic death. (PHOTO: Fani Mahuntsi)
Erik Rautenbach’s partner, Luzinda Harmse, their daughter, Zonike, and Luzinda’s mom, Linda Harmse, have been left distraught after his tragic death. (PHOTO: Fani Mahuntsi)

It’s a typical young kid’s picture and shows a stick-figure family smiling next to a swimming pool. 

But there’s another element to this seemingly happy scene: a red heart that seems to be floating above the happy family to a single cloud next to a big yellow sun.

The father figure is Erik Rautenbach (35) of Riebeeckstad in the Free State, who drowned in a freak accident at the Aldam holiday resort near Ventersburg recently. 

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