SMVAF MANAGER SURVIVES KIDNAPPING

MBABANE - Are employees of SMVAF susceptible to attacks? This is because hardly a year after an employee of the same institution was kidnapped, robbed of his motor vehicle and murdered, yet another employee has survived an attack while in her house located in one of the suburbs on Tuesday night.

It is said that the female employee, who holds a managerial position, was accosted by an unknown man while entering her house.
SMVA stands for Sincephetelo Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund.
The name of the manager has been withheld for ethical reasons.

A source close to the matter stated that upon arrival in the house, the unsuspecting employee spent a few minutes putting away her stuff, but little did she know that there was an intruder hiding in the house.

Attacked

The source claimed that it was when the employee went to the toilet that the prowler attacked her.
It is said that the employee begged the intruder to spare her life.
It was then that the intruder informed her that he had been sent by certain people to kidnap her.

“The intruder told the employee that he had been sent by certain people to tie her up and take her away. The trespasser did not state why the employee was wanted kidnapped.

“He only stated that the kidnapping was work-related. He said he was told to tie her up and alert the people who had sent him immediately after the mission had been accomplished,” said the source.

Prior to the attack on the employee, she had been in constant communication with her husband, who was at their matrimonial homestead in the Manzini Region.
However, it is said that there was a period when the employee couldn’t respond to the calls from her husband, something which raised suspicions.

The husband is said to have requested neighbours to check on her.
The husband was called to verify the information.

*Musa confirmed that he got suspicious when his wife could not take his calls. “I called my neighbours to check on her because I couldn’t reach her on her mobile number. I believe that the intruder would have succeeded with his plan had it not been for the prompt response by the neighbours,” said Musa.

Neighbours

He stated that the intruder tried in vain to beat the intelligence of the neighbours when they knocked on the door as he shouted ‘who are you’, as per information he also got from his wife who narrated the whole ordeal to him.

Musa mentioned that his wife got the opportunity to scream at this moment. He believes that the neighbours then tried to force their way in after hearing the screams and seeing that he had no option, the intruder jumped through the window and fled the scene.

“We later discovered that the intruder left with a laptop. This has left us with the impression that they wanted information contained in the laptop. 

“We are concerned about this because it is not the first time an employee of the institution was attacked while in their house. This attack happened at a time when they were eagerly awaiting the outcome of the investigation in relation to the kidnapping of the other employee,” he said.

Musa stated that judging from the manner in which the offence occurred, the prowler gained entry by forcefully breaking the door leading to their residence in the capital city. 

He suspected that while waiting for his ‘prey’, the burglar ‘hosted a mini party’.
The source, when giving further details about the incident, claimed that it also appeared that the intruder ate the food he found inside the house and further drank some alcoholic beverages. It was, however, not clear where he got the alcohol from, according to the source.

Police

The source stated that when police arrived at the residence and after recording a statement, it was noted that the intention of the man was not to hurt the woman, but to take work-related gadgets, which he had been ordered to forcefully take from her.

SMVAF Corporate Communications Manager Makhosi Magongo said the unfortunate incident had been reported to the office of the human resources.  He said to their understanding, police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the break-in. “So far, we are unaware of any work matter or issue that connects the fund to this unfortunate incident and are dependent on the law enforcement agencies to deal speedily with this matter,” he said.

  Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati said the information had not reached her office when this report was compiled after 7pm.
*Not real names

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