THE MAN’S cries for mercy did not stop the enraged
women.
The nyatsi and her sister accused him of abuse and taking money, so they beat him and stabbed him.
AS SHOPPERS WATCHED, THE DAZED AND INJURED MAN SAT ON THE GROUND, WAITING TO DIE.
A witness described the horror event that played out in Commercial Road, Dasi, Port Elizabeth yesterday morning.
“First they hit him on the head with the cover of a braai stand which made a big hole in his head,” said the witness, a hawker.
“Then they stabbed him in his back with screwdrivers and knives. They also stabbed his 4-5. There was blood everywhere.”
She said the woman, who is the man’s nyatsi, poured a pot of hot water over him.
“She accused the man of abusing her and claimed that he had once tried to strangle her and had poured hot water over her.
“Her sister, who also had a knife, accused the man of taking money from her stall,” said the witness.
“All the time the man was begging them not to kill him.”
She said bystanders finally intervened when the nyatsi tried to topple her braai stand with burning wood and hot coals over the man.
But it was already too late for the victim.
“He died as we waited for an ambulance to arrive.”
Other hawkers condemned the woman’s actions, and said the couple had been fighting.
“They didn’t sell for a few days after the fight and when they came back, other hawkers called a meeting and told them to behave,” said a hawker.
The dead man’s cousin, who is also a hawker, told Daily Sun the man had left his wife in Motherwell two years before to stay with his nyatsi in Govan Mbeki kasi.
“They were both hawkers. He would braai the meat and she would serve the customers.
“She planned to kill him,” she claimed.
But she said it was not only the women who attacked him.
“Her family arrived in a Toyota Condor and attacked my cousin. They killed him and then vanished. No matter what had happened between them, he didn’t deserve to be killed.”
Colonel Priscilla Naidu said a man was allegedly fatally stabbed in Commercial Road, Sidwell.
“According to police information, Ayanda Nomganga (60) was braaing meat which he sells to the public when a group of about four or five people, including females, approached him. The group assaulted him.
He was hit over the head with the braai griddle and also sustained a stab wound on his left thigh.
“He succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The suspects ran off,” said Naidu.
“The motive for the attack is unknown at this stage.
“Police are appealing to anyone who can assist to contact Captain Done Zeelie at SAPS
Algoa Park on 041 409 1054.”
