THE man was waiting for his order at a shisa nyama.
Although he was dressed to the nines, Tshepo Mofokeng (34) was not impressed.
Last year Tshepo’s shack in Marry Me squatter camp, Tshwane, was broken into.
His clothes and electrical appliances were stolen.
The man at the shisa nyama was his neighbour and Tshepo recognised the clothes he was wearing.
He went back home and gathered a group of residents to help him confront the man.
Tshepo said his neighbour told them he had bought the clothes from a door-to-door saleswoman.
“We went to his shack and found more of my clothes and furniture. I was fuming.
“The guy is my neighbour, and when my shack was broken into he cried with me and comforted me.”
He said the man begged for mercy and agreed to replace the stolen furniture.
“I begged the group of residents not to hurt him. After all, he’s still my neighbour.
“I took all my clothes, and he promised to pay me R3 500 for the appliances.”
Tshepo said he did not believe the man bought the clothes from a door-to-door saleswoman.
“Why would the woman sell the clothes to him alone?
“No one has ever seen this woman and he said he only saw her once. It’s all a lie.”
Tshepo said although he had forgiven his neighbour, he could no longer trust him.
“They say walls don’t make good neighbours, but I think I need to erect a wall to shut him out,” he said.
Daily Sun contacted the neighbour, who said: “I agreed to pay him. Why is he going to the papers?
“Does he want to embarrass me? Tshepo is my neighbour.
“He should come to me instead of going to the media.”
