In a xenophobic attack, a Congolese man was repeatedly stabbed in a Du Noon tavern on Sunday because he refused to buy beer for a trio of South Africans.Nyangoma Etasha, 27, was lucky to escape with his life after being stabbed four times: in his head, chest and arms after his attackers told him they would show him South Africa was their country.
Shaking with shock and trying to stem the blood from his wounds, Etasha said he had been having drinks with a friend at the tavern, and when his friend left him alone in order to go to the toilet, three men at a nearby table demanded he buy them beer.
When he refused, the trio started manhandling him and searching his pockets, he said.
They told him: “iMzansi wethu. Ndizakubonia ngoku (South Africa is ours. We will show you now).”
Etasha said two of the men pulled out knives and stabbed him while the third started throwing empty beer bottles around the tavern, causing a stampede as the approximately 200 patrons rushed to exit the single door.
After attacking Etasha the men calmly walked out of the tavern. As they sauntered down the street, their clothes spattered with blood, this reporter saw residents smiling at them as they walked by.
A pool of blood could be seen beneath the table Etasha and his friend Ted Ndayesenga were sitting at. The tavern closed for two hours while it was mopped up.
Ndayesenga, who drove Etasha to Somerset Hospital for treatment, said his friend was attacked simply because he was buying “plenty of beers”.
Tavern owner Alfred Jezile condemned the attack and said he was considering introducing a system of membership cards for patrons to avoid criminals drinking in his establishment.
Milnerton police station spokesperson Daphne Dell said no stabbing incident of that nature was reported to them, but encouraged Etasha to open a case against his attackers.
Shaking with shock and trying to stem the blood from his wounds, Etasha said he had been having drinks with a friend at the tavern, and when his friend left him alone in order to go to the toilet, three men at a nearby table demanded he buy them beer.
When he refused, the trio started manhandling him and searching his pockets, he said.
They told him: “iMzansi wethu. Ndizakubonia ngoku (South Africa is ours. We will show you now).”
Etasha said two of the men pulled out knives and stabbed him while the third started throwing empty beer bottles around the tavern, causing a stampede as the approximately 200 patrons rushed to exit the single door.
After attacking Etasha the men calmly walked out of the tavern. As they sauntered down the street, their clothes spattered with blood, this reporter saw residents smiling at them as they walked by.
A pool of blood could be seen beneath the table Etasha and his friend Ted Ndayesenga were sitting at. The tavern closed for two hours while it was mopped up.
Ndayesenga, who drove Etasha to Somerset Hospital for treatment, said his friend was attacked simply because he was buying “plenty of beers”.
Tavern owner Alfred Jezile condemned the attack and said he was considering introducing a system of membership cards for patrons to avoid criminals drinking in his establishment.
Milnerton police station spokesperson Daphne Dell said no stabbing incident of that nature was reported to them, but encouraged Etasha to open a case against his attackers.
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