Electrification Agency worker electrocuted

THE Rural Electrification Agency says it is investigating circumstances that led to the electrocution of one of its workers, Mr Stephen Kativhu, last week. Mr Kativhu, who was a REA assistant line worker, was electrocuted while connecting electricity at Tsinga Primary School in Mutoko.

REA public relations and marketing executive Mr Johannes Nyamayedenga yesterday said the company was about to handover the project to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company.

"The accident occurred when REA line construction workers were connecting electricity to Tsinga Primary School to facilitate the handing over of the project to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for ownership and billing of clients," said Mr Nyamayedenga.

"As reported earlier on in the local Press, it is not Mr Xavier Revesai Katomari who was electrocuted but Mr Kativhu. Mr Katomari is the Projects Co-odinator who co-odinates and supervises line construction workers in Murehwa, Mutoko, Mudzi and Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe districts," he said.

He said Mr Katomari managed to rescue another line worker, Mr Dennis Man'ozhe who was working on the same line with the late Mr Kativhu when the unfortunate incident occurred. Mr Man'ozhe sustained burns and is recovering at Chitungwiza Cen­tral Hospital.

Mr Nyamayedenga said REA had lost an "experienced and hardworking man".

"The Rural Electrification Agency is expressing its heartfelt condolences to the family, relatives, friends and close workmates of Kativhu," said Mr Nya­mayedenga.

"Our condolences go to Mr Kativhu's wife, his five months old baby, the entire family, friends and relatives. May his soul rest in eternal peace."

Mr Kativhu was buried at the Kativhu village in Mutoko on Friday last week after a post-mortem was conducted the previous day.