COSAFA OFFICIAL’S CAR IN FLAMES

MBABANE – He is lucky to be alive.

A Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) official is lucky to escape alive from a burning car on Monday night. The car was burnt beyond recognition but no injuries were reported. It was reported that the official was alone in the car when the incident happened along the Mbabane-Manzini highway at Mfabantfu. The unnamed official is currently in the country to officiate in the ongoing TotalEnergies Under-20 AFCON- Egypt 2023 COSAFA Qualifiers. The games, featuring 12 countries, are played at Mavuso Sports Centre and Somhlolo National Stadium. They started last Friday with the final day next Sunday.

The source revealed that the COSAFA official was driving along the highway when all of a sudden the car burst into flames and got totally burnt. “The sedan is among those rented by the organisers of the tournament, being the Eswatini Football Association (EFA) and COSAFA. The Eswatini National Fire and Emergency Services personnel arrived at the scene of the incident but they could do little as the car was already burnt. It was just an unfortunate incident and it is better because there were no injuries reported,” said the source. This is the second car to go up in flames in a space of a week, as a Toyota Tazz burst into flames in the early hours last Friday by the roadside in Ezulwini past the off ramp in the Manzini/Mbabane Highway. The driver was also lucky as he escaped the fire.

EFA Marketing and Communications Officer Muzi Radebe declined to comment over the matter and said COSAFA were the right people to comment on the incident. Meanwhile, EFA lost a bus that was donated to by South African Football Association (SAFA) after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The bus was petrol bombed on March 21, 2022 while parked at the Technical Centre in Lobamba.

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