Kraaifontein police have opened an inquest case for investigation after a 12-year-old boy was fatally electrocuted in Wallacedene on Monday night.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said emergency services were called out to Gwala Street at about 6pm.
“On arrival, they found the body of a 12-year-old boy with no signs of life. According to bystanders, it was alleged that the boy was chased by other boys and then he got stuck between two shacks whereby he was shocked. Investigation continues,” he said.
The chairperson of the Wallacedene Development Forum, Mkholisi Mpukumpa, appealed to the community to avoid congesting the area, and he urged the City to provide basic services.
“That informal settlement was established in 2018 and it has not received sufficient services such as electricity and toilets. We are also pleading with people to stop overcrowding the settlement,” he said.
In September, illegal electricity connections across Siyahlala informal settlement in Dunoon led to the deaths, just two weeks apart, of 11-year-old Unothando Majoka and 36-year-old Mpumelelo Ndyoko.
