A man from Gugulethu, Cape Town, was killed by an black attacker who then cut out his heart and ate it with a knife and fork.
Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said: “At the scene police found the suspect, a Zimbabwean national, eating the heart of a human with a knife and fork.”
A 35-year-old man was arrested.
Mbuyiselo Manona, 62, was killed at about 10.30pm on Tuesday.
Van Wyk said Manona had been stabbed in the chest. There were also bites on his neck and face.
A witness, Nkululeko Mpambo, said he had seen part of the attack through a window. He was too frightened to go into the house.
Mpambo said he saw a man sitting next to Manona’s body on the bedroom floor .
“His hands were bloody and he kept digging from the body and stuffing his face.”
Mpambo said when he followed police to the bedroom the alleged perpetrator had a piece of the heart dripping from his mouth.
Manona’s partner, Nomonde Tshabalala, said she knew the suspect because he did window-tinting jobs for them.
The dead man’s sister said her brother was a sweet and humble man who would never hurt a fly.
“We used to take our chances with him, but he would never shout at us. He loved music and grew up a sportsman. We are really going to miss him.”
Police said the motive for the murder was unclear.
According to an analysis of the latest crime stats by the Istitute for Security Studies, the murder rate in Cape Town is almost twice as high as that of Johannesburg.
Lizette Lancaster, a researcher at the Institute, writes: “Between April 2011 and March 2012, police recorded more murders in Cape Town than in Johannesburg and Pretoria combined. This means that, taking population into account, Cape Town residents are 1,8 times more likely to be murdered than Johannesburg residents. Yet this information is potentially misleading because the likelihood of being a crime victim depends in large part on race, gender, age, economic profile and where in a city a person lives.”
For example, almost two-thirds of the Cape Town murders took place in just ten of the 60 police station precincts in the city, according to an analysis of crime hotspots by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). For years, the Coloured area of Mitchells Plain has experienced the highest violence and property crime rates in the country.
Black areas in Cape Town show ‘abnormally high murder rates’
Although surpassed by Coloured (mixed-race) areas regarding general violent crime, black townships in Cape Town showed the highest murder rates. According to Lizette Lancaster, “Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Gugulethu and Harare remain the most murderous in the peninsula, according to an analysis that takes population size into account. These areas have experienced abnormally high murder rates for more than a decade.”
Similarly, a countrywide analysis of police precinct statistics suggests that income levels matter. Residents in low-income areas are far more likely to be murdered than their middle- and high-income counterparts. Half of South Africa’s murders occurred in only 13% of police precincts (or in 143 out of 1 127).
The focus tends to fall on South Africa’s national murder rate, which is almost five times higher than the global average of 6,9 murders per 100 000 people. However, about 13% of police precincts in South Africa had lower murder rates than this, including affluent areas such as Brooklyn (Pretoria), Garsfontein (Pretoria), Camps Bay, Claremont, Rondebosch (Cape Town), Edenvale and Linden (Gauteng). Over 10% of South African policing precincts – more than 115 stations – experienced no murders, while three in four murders occurred in just a quarter of the country’s police precincts. Suburbs like Sandton, Parkview (Johannesburg), Durban North, Table View and Woodstock (Cape Town) had a murder rate of just under 10 per 100 000 people.
Although murder is often used as the main indicator to support arguments that South Africa is a violent country, it makes up only 2,5% of all violent crime. While there were 16 259 murders in 2012/13, over 600 000 other violent crimes were also reported to the police, including attempted murder, rape, robbery and assault.
Most murder victims are young black men
A vast majority of the murders that take place daily do not make the news. They happen in areas where crime and violence are the norm, and where residents already feel marginalised and forgotten. The majority of murders are neither premeditated nor committed as part of a crime, but occur when an argument leads to physical assault. Research shows that most victims are killed by acquaintances, friends or family members during disputes fuelled by alcohol or drug abuse.
Victimisation surveys, police docket surveys and mortuary surveillance studies reveal that most South African murder victims are young black men. These studies also reveal that most murdered women are killed by their intimate partners, and that men are six times more likely to be killed than women. However, violence affects all South Africans, and the resultant trauma has lasting physical, emotional and often financial consequences.
Six people were wounded when a gang tried to rob a Cape Town shop at the weekend, it was reported on Monday.
The Daily Voice reported that a group of armed men entered a clothing shop in Gugulethu Square on Sunday and demanded cash. Gugulethu is a mainly black area.
A shoot-out ensued between the gang and security guards.
Two guards and two of the armed men were wounded. The armed men fled.
Two people inside the shop were treated for bullet wounds.
Lieutenant Colonel Thembinkosi Kinana told the newspaper no arrests had been made. – Sapa
The NY1 in Gugulethu was rebaptised Steve Biko by the DA
The NY1 road in Gugulethu, Cape Town, was officially renamed Stephen Biko Drive on Monday.
The renaming process was in line with Biko’s philosophy, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said in a speech prepared for delivery on Heritage Day,
This was because it replaced terms from the past, associated with inferiority, with names associated with power.
In the old road name “NY” refers to “native yard”.
“… What was unique in South Africa and the Black Consciousness movement was the mobilisation around asserting agency in the face of history… for freedom,” De Lille said.
This involved breaking down the “mental prison” built through semantic means to emancipate the minds of black South Africans.
“Like many great prophets telling difficult truths, Steve Biko was murdered for his ideas… [and] the power of his revolution.”
Naming the road in his honour was an apt tribute, as it would give power to future generations by doing away with terms associated with historical injustice.
[ad 1]
“…This is the change of a reconciliation programme that tries to shape a better future from a divided past.
“It is by building, brick by brick, the Cape Town of tomorrow that truly belongs to everyone,” De Lille said. – Sapa
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
A man from Gugulethu, Cape Town, was killed by an black attacker who then cut out his heart and ate it with a knife and fork.
