DEAD MAN FOUND FLOATING IN MBABANE RIVER

MBABANE – Mbabane Market came to a standstill when a man was discovered dead in the Mbabane River.

He was discovered just under the bridge before reaching the main arena of the Mbabane Market. The man, whose identity is still unknown, was discovered by a woman yesterday at 5pm.
The horrified woman, when describing the incident, said it was shocking and unbelievable. “I thought it was just rubbish until I grabbed a log and tried to grab the floating ‘rubbish’ but it turned out to be a body,” said Fikelephi Shongwe. She further said the man, when finally pulled out of the river, was discovered to have fractured his head and his body was pale.
The man was clad in black sweat pants, polka dot boxer shorts and what seemed like a black jacket.

Theories about the cause of his death started circulating as soon as Shield Field Security personnel wrapped his body in blue cloth. “He died a long time ago and he was in the water for some time, then today his body was discovered on this side of the river,” one onlooker was heard saying. Another said they had seen the deceased jump from the other side of the river, fractured his head and then floated to the other side of the Mbabane River. Worth noting was that the deceased’s body was swapped with flies and had a foul smell even from as distance. The place was also filled with people who kept asking who the dead man was and what might have happened to him.

On arrival at the scene, Royal Eswatini Police Services (REPS), spent 30 minutes gathering information. They later started inspecting the corpse, took pictures of the dead man and conducted interviews with the witnesses. “Asikwati ke loku, what happened here is horrible but we are used it, let us get to work,” one of the police officers said. The police further asked the people at the scene to identify the person who had seen the dead man jump into the river but no one came forward. “He seems to have died a long time ago, and he floated this side. Maybe he drowned elsewhere,” said Mancoba Shiba, who was found at the scene. Means to identify the man or locate his family proved futile as people could not recognise him. Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati confirmed the matter.

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