After being accused of theft, a Khayelitsha man was stoned to death by a mob of about 200 residents in Bongani area in TR Section on Monday afternoon.The man, Ayanda Mabheka, 27, died in the street in the informal settlement after having stones and half-bricks thrown at him and a concrete slabs dropped repeatedly on his body and head.
Resident Majola Buli said the story he heard was that on Saturday Mabheka visited another resident in the area. The man who was being visited left his shack for about half-an-hour to attend to some business, leaving Mabheka inside. When he returned, his tv, DVD and cellphone were gone and Mabheka was nowhere to be found.
When Mabheka was spotted in the area on Monday, residents apprehended him, said Buli.
He said from what he knew, when Mabheka could not produce the goods he allegedly stole, residents attacked him.
A resident passing Mabheka’s lifeless body on Monday afternoon was overheard saying: “Minus one problem. This is what we do to the criminals in this area. Even him, he knew that he was going to die.”
Buli said residents took advantage of the fact that most of the residents’ committee members were attending a court case that afternoon.
“We came back around two o’clock when they were beating him. They stopped when they saw us, but we could not do anything because the man was dying.”
Residents’ committee member Luvuyo Hebe said: “I was in court when the incident happened. The time we came-back he was lying on the road, dead.”
A resident who did not want to be named said the police had been called “but they never came”.
She said Mabheka’s body lay in the street for five hours.
“I decided to use my blanket to cover his body from the sun, because the police are taking long to come.”
Lingelethu police station spokesperson Siphokazi Mawisa said a murder case had been opened but no arrests had been made because residents refused to speak to the police.
– West Cape News
Resident Majola Buli said the story he heard was that on Saturday Mabheka visited another resident in the area. The man who was being visited left his shack for about half-an-hour to attend to some business, leaving Mabheka inside. When he returned, his tv, DVD and cellphone were gone and Mabheka was nowhere to be found.
When Mabheka was spotted in the area on Monday, residents apprehended him, said Buli.
He said from what he knew, when Mabheka could not produce the goods he allegedly stole, residents attacked him.
A resident passing Mabheka’s lifeless body on Monday afternoon was overheard saying: “Minus one problem. This is what we do to the criminals in this area. Even him, he knew that he was going to die.”
Buli said residents took advantage of the fact that most of the residents’ committee members were attending a court case that afternoon.
“We came back around two o’clock when they were beating him. They stopped when they saw us, but we could not do anything because the man was dying.”
Residents’ committee member Luvuyo Hebe said: “I was in court when the incident happened. The time we came-back he was lying on the road, dead.”
A resident who did not want to be named said the police had been called “but they never came”.
She said Mabheka’s body lay in the street for five hours.
“I decided to use my blanket to cover his body from the sun, because the police are taking long to come.”
Lingelethu police station spokesperson Siphokazi Mawisa said a murder case had been opened but no arrests had been made because residents refused to speak to the police.
– West Cape News
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