Illegal electricity connection leads to the deaths of 3 KZN boys

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government is calling for action to be taken against those responsible for the illegal electricity connections in a Pietermaritzburg township that lead to the death of three children Saturday.

The boys are reportedly aged between six and eight.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are still unclear, but Cooperative Governance MEC Sipho Hlomuka said he was “horrified by the tragedy.”

He called for the Msunduzi Municipality to investigate the matter.

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Earlier this year, an eight-year-old girl was electrocuted while playing in an open field near illegal connections in the western community of Grabouw.

Four children died in the same circumstances in George last year, EWN reported.