EX-EPTC EMPLOYEE BURNS TO DEATH

MBABANE – A former employee of Eswatini Post and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC), who was a postal officer, burnt to death in her rented stick and mud house at Sidwashini.

 *Thoko (80) stayed alone in her one-room house as her sick son resided in another room close to hers in the same compound.
According to Samuel Mlambo, who also resides in the same compound and rents a house with his mother, they were woken up by Thoko’s son at around 1am screaming that there was a fire.

Son

The son normally watches football at the nearby bar until late at night.
When they came out of their houses to investigate what was going on, they found Thoko’s room on fire and they tried to open the door but found that it was locked.

“My mother then remembered that there was a gas cylinder inside her house and told us to move back. Just as I was moving back, there was a loud bang as the gas cylinder exploded,” Mlambo explained.

According to the other neighbours, they had seen Thoko on Monday at around 11am and she told them that her cellphone had a problem and she was going to buy a new one in town.

Those who resided with her in the compound stated that they did not see if she came back and when they knocked on her door at around 9pm, with no response, they thought she had not come back. 

They went on to explain that usually in the evening, when Thoko was in her house, she lit a candle and when they knocked and did not get any response, as there was no light inside  the house on the fateful day.

Bible

“She would read her Bible every day at night until 11pm and that was when would put out the candle. In the morning, she would wake up at 5am without fail to read the Bible again,” another female neighbour stated.
When they knocked on her door on the Monday night, they wanted to give her the phone as her daughter-in-law was calling from South Africa, wanting to talk to her.
According to the neighbours, the daughter-in-law started calling in the morning, but Thoko had left for town.

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