MP STOPS FAMILIES FROM DIGGING UP 5 IMBALI GRAVES

MANZINI – The unthinkable almost became possible. This was after family members of five victims of Vikizijula who died while attending the Reed Dance in 2015 from Vikizijula caused a scene as they went straight to the graveyard at Duze, where their children were buried with the intention to exhume their corpses.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning.
The family members are said to have been unhappy over some promises that were made to them but eventually not fulfilled.
It is said that the family members were carrying pickaxes and shovels and they were stopped by the quick intervention of Siphofaneni Member of Parliament (MP) Gundwane Gamedze from executing their plan. The MP is said to have found the aggrieved families while trying to force their way through the fence at the graveyard.

The incident had already attracted the attention of some community members who came to witness the exhumation which eventually did not take place.  An inside source said the families were angered by promises which were allegedly made by their emissary which included the recruiting of at least one member from each family to the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF).

The Imbali accident took place in August 28, 2015 near Mahhala in Matsapha where a truck which was ferrying the maidens crashed into a van before another lorry smash into it from behind. A total of 10 maidens and three tindvuna (Imbali regiment leaders) were killed in the process, while over 100 were seriously injured.

The source said after being compensated with about E17 000 each, government asked the families if they had any propositions to the authorities of the country and they requested to have at least two family members from each of the affected families recruited into the army.

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