Third party apple charger vs cable

I have an apple original charger, actually quite  few I have accumlated over the last 7 yrs of iphone and two ipads..  I never tried buy third partycharger / cables...
Recetly for my iphone 5 i lost my original cable and went and bought a thrid party cable "only cable". And I tried to use it with my iphone and with the apple charger (or via my iMac)..
Now
1. It works on a hit or miss basis, it chargers sometimes and at times it doesnt...
2. I have been reading in news that ppl get electricuted by using 3 rd party chargers? This seems serious.... However is this an issue with using 3rd party charger and/or cable? I was under the impression that, once we have a apple original charge/adaptor then using any cable should be safe from any hazard? AM I right to say that???

Apple patented the lightning cables and genuine copies are licenced and are available  from the premium manufacturers .The cheap versions are almost certainly unlicenced knockoffs
Apple genuine items cables and charger units will work as expected. No-one can predict how a cheap backstreet copy will work

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