MATSULU – Kholwane was addressing mourners and pastors at the mass funeral service at the Matsulu Open Ground last Saturday.
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He said, as one of the residents of the area, he was in pain as those who lost their lives were from the community.
“So many lives are lost on the roads and it is getting worse. I am pleading with all religious leaders that we come together and pray where the accident happened. There have been too many lives lost on that road and the other areas around the province,” said Kholwane.
The leader of the Moral Regeneration Movement, Reverend Micah Nthali, echoed Kholwane’s request for religious
leaders to heed to the call to go and conduct a prayer that can save people’s lives. He said a meeting of pastors was
scheduled for Tuesday to discuss and set a date for the prayer, as it was an urgent matter.
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“We want to incorporate all communities in Ehlanzeni. It must not be only about Matsulu.
We want to plead with God to intervene, but we also need to introspect as people, because we are the ones that cause these accidents. We used to conduct prayers around the province and it is something we need to revisit and re-establish.
The department of safety knows these hot-spots and we plan to undertake that task provincially.
“But most of all, as Africans, we believe that people who lose their lives in accidents, their spirit hovers around where the accident happens. We would go with all religious leaders to pray and allow God’s intervention
to take place,” said Reverend Nthali.
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Traditional healer, Gogo Mahlala’entabeni Madla Thabethe added: “Our African custom tells us to do that, but people these days are negligent of customs. We also believe that they don’t necessarily die, but they are sleeping and there will be a day where they wake up and meet them again.
“God is there, but we must not forget our customary rituals that need to be performed. Let us go back to our traditions and practise them because right now, it is the time,” said Mahlala’entabeni.
