Couple killed after hanging washing on 'wire tied to illegal power line'

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Gqeberha police are urging residents to refrain from illegally connecting electricity as this can have fatal consequences.

A Gqeberha couple has died after being electrocuted when they allegedly hung their washing on an illegal electricity connection.Lingomso Cose, 30, and her husband Mphakamise Cose, 34, died at theirheir neighbour heard a scream, according to preliminary information supplied to police.

The washing was hung on a wire that was illegally connected to a municipal electrical pole, according to police. “Police are urging residents to refrain from illegally connecting electricity as this can have fatal consequences. Loose electrical wires/cables must not be interfered with. Instead, the authorities must be contacted to attend to the loose live wire,” Swart cautioned.

 

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This is a true reflection of the people who keeps on voting for the current government, they still don't have power, sanitation in their homes. It shows that Eskom and their councilors are not doing their jobs CyrilRamaphosa GovernmentZA

Connect them legally then.

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