The wife of an Ekurhuleni man who was killed with his nyatsi (mistress ) in front of his nine-year-old son blames the extramarital affair for her husband's death.
Isaac Racodi, 50, his son and Mado Lephadi, 38, were hitchhiking from Germiston to Potchefstroom last Friday evening when they were attacked by unknown people.
The boy, who survived, lived with with his father in a cottage at Delvil Laerskool in Germiston. He had worked in maintenance at the school for 15 years.
Lephadi had visited Racodi from their home town of Potchefstroom for about a month. The three were dropped off at the N12/R28 intersection in Westonaria by a motorist who had given them a lift from Germiston.
Racodi's wife, Nomsa Magaga, 40, said she was hurt because her husband was killed while travelling with another woman.
"Cheating led to this. I warned him [to refrain from cheating], so did his family. He didn't tell me that he was going home because he was travelling with her. I only learnt from his brother on the morning his body was discovered," she said.
Magaga, who also lives and works in Germiston, said she last spoke to her husband on August 12.
The two rented separate rooms.
"He told me that he bought me a present. It was a new phone that came with R1200 cash. I'm hurting because he left his son," she said.
Magaga, however, said her husband was a good man.
"Apart from the fact that he hurt me [with his cheating], we were still in love. He was a good man who loved his son."
She said her son, who witnessed the crime, needed counselling.
"It comes back to him now and then. He goes out to play but comes back after a few minutes. He wants to talk about it but I stop him because I can see it hurts him.
"I give him money to go buy sweets but he would come back and talk about how his father was stabbed. He needs professional help." Magaga fears her son will not cope at school without his father.
Racodi's sister Kebogile said she last spoke to her brother on Wednesday.
"We're hurting. I don't believe it. He was a quiet person," she said.
Lephadi's niece, Maletsatsi Mokoto, said her aunt, a mother of two, went to Racodi about a month ago. She said the two normally hitchhiked until they arrived home.
"She loved to laugh. We called her Mandoza. She was kind," she said.
ratsatsip@sowetan.co.za
'Cheating led to his death'
The wife of an Ekurhuleni man who was killed with his nyatsi (mistress ) in front of his nine-year-old son blames the extramarital affair for her husband's death.
Isaac Racodi, 50, his son and Mado Lephadi, 38, were hitchhiking from Germiston to Potchefstroom last Friday evening when they were attacked by unknown people.
The boy, who survived, lived with with his father in a cottage at Delvil Laerskool in Germiston. He had worked in maintenance at the school for 15 years.
Lephadi had visited Racodi from their home town of Potchefstroom for about a month. The three were dropped off at the N12/R28 intersection in Westonaria by a motorist who had given them a lift from Germiston.
Racodi's wife, Nomsa Magaga, 40, said she was hurt because her husband was killed while travelling with another woman.
"Cheating led to this. I warned him [to refrain from cheating], so did his family. He didn't tell me that he was going home because he was travelling with her. I only learnt from his brother on the morning his body was discovered," she said.
Magaga, who also lives and works in Germiston, said she last spoke to her husband on August 12.
The two rented separate rooms.
"He told me that he bought me a present. It was a new phone that came with R1200 cash. I'm hurting because he left his son," she said.
Magaga, however, said her husband was a good man.
"Apart from the fact that he hurt me [with his cheating], we were still in love. He was a good man who loved his son."
She said her son, who witnessed the crime, needed counselling.
"It comes back to him now and then. He goes out to play but comes back after a few minutes. He wants to talk about it but I stop him because I can see it hurts him.
"I give him money to go buy sweets but he would come back and talk about how his father was stabbed. He needs professional help." Magaga fears her son will not cope at school without his father.
Racodi's sister Kebogile said she last spoke to her brother on Wednesday.
"We're hurting. I don't believe it. He was a quiet person," she said.
Lephadi's niece, Maletsatsi Mokoto, said her aunt, a mother of two, went to Racodi about a month ago. She said the two normally hitchhiked until they arrived home.
"She loved to laugh. We called her Mandoza. She was kind," she said.
ratsatsip@sowetan.co.za
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