By A Correspondent

A joyful Saturday morning in Bulawayo’s Sizinda suburb turned into a heartbreaking tragedy when a 39-year-old man, Oscar Mapurisa, was electrocuted by a high-voltage overhead cable while picking mangoes from a neighbor’s tree.

Mapurisa’s day had begun on a cheerful note, with a breakfast braai and drinks with his girlfriend at a local spot. However, his life was cut short when he decided to pick mangoes from a nearby tree, just a few meters from his home.

In a tragic sequence of events, Mapurisa climbed the tree and used a wire to reach for the fruit, unknowingly hooking it onto an overhead Zesa cable. The accidental contact resulted in his electrocution, leaving the community in shock and grief.