FAMILIES OF ‘DD’ ACCIDENT VICTIMS APPROACH MVA

MBABANE – Families of some of the four victims of the Mahlabatsini fatal road accident have approached the Sincephetelo Motor Vehicle Accident Fund for claims.

The four died in an accident after a VW Golf driven by a soldier alleged to have consumed an alcoholic or intoxicating substance on Sunday, ploughed into them while they were from church.

Families of three of the victims; Thabile Nonzwakazi Dlamini (38), Nontsikelelo Treasure Mnisi (24), and Bonginkosi Michael Magagula (27) went to the SMVAF offices to file claims following the demise of their loved ones.
Colile Magagula, a sister to Bonginkosi, said her brother had just graduated from the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT), where he was doing Business Information Technology. Colile shared that the family had agreed that his brother would be buried on Sunday at Ekutsimuleni. She said at the time of his death, he had no wife or child.

Colile stated that as a family, they would remember Bonginkosi for his wisdom. “What set him apart was that he was able to man up when he had to,” Colile said.

Mbuso Mkhatshwa, a grandfather to Mnisi, said his grandchild was an aspiring police officer. Mkhatshwa said Mnisi was a firstborn and was survived by two siblings.
He shared that she was a Christian who was baptised at the Wesley Church at a young age and later joined the Church of God. He described his grandchild as a down to earth person who was reliable.
Mkhatshwa said they were yet to find resources to bury the 24-year-old woman, and stated that he doubted that her funeral would be this weekend.

Meanwhile, Caiaphas Nhlabatsi, a relative to Dlamini, said she would be buried next weekend. Nhlabatsi said at the moment they were still trying to meet requirements for claiming money from the SMVAF.
In February this year, eight people died at Motshane in an accident involving a truck belonging to the Swaziland Electricity Company (SEC) and a public transport vehicle.
According to SMVAF website, the parastatal compensates people for five different categories; funeral expenses, medical expenses (past and future), loss of earnings or income, loss of support (for dependants of deceased victim), and general damages.

The website states that people who lost relatives as a result of a road traffic accident within the country, had a right to claim compensation for funeral costs. The parastatal requires proof of expenditure to be produced.
“The fund can only reimburse expenses up to a maximum figure of E10 000,” reads the website. Proof of expenditure can be in the form of receipts of expenditure, for instance, at a morgue, or an invoice for a purchased coffin. Below are three of the deceased:

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