MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE FIXING ILLEGAL POWER LINE

MBABANE – A desperate need for electricity saw a 39-year-old man losing his life.

A week before schools opened, children witnessed a shocking ordeal after they saw Sibusiso Sibandze lying lifelessly on the ground after he was electrocuted to death at Maseyisini last Monday.

According to investigations by the Swaziland Electricity Company Sibandze was electrocuted while trying to fix an illegal damaged electrical wire.
The investigations revealed that the wire was used to connect electricity from a house belonging to his landlord to the one room flat he rented. They also revealed that he asked a child at the homestead to cut off power from the landlord’s house so that he could fix the electrical wire.

It was said Sibandze was suddenly struck by an electric shock that left him with a burnt index finger and thumb. He was fixing the wires with his bare hands. As children went outside, they found him lying on the ground with his body facing up and the electrical wire still attached to his hand. He reportedly collapsed onto wet ground with grass and had very thin slippers on.

The children who witnessed the incident alerted the landlord about what they had just seen. In a state of panic, the landlord called out to other tenants to assist him and there after, paramedics were called. Sibandze was confirmed dead on the spot after failed attempts to save his life. Police and officials from SEC were called.
SEC’s Corporate Communications and Marketing Manager Sifiso Dhlamini confirmed the incident. Dhlamini said there was no power for the block of flats where the deceased rented an apartment but the tenants were receiving it from an illegal connection.

Reassurance

“The deceased continued to attend to the fault without reassurance that there was no power supply,” said Dhlamini.

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