Zimbabwean man says he was saved from mob by speaking Sepedi

Friend of slain Diepsloot man tells of horror of watching his Zimbabwean countryman Elvis Nyathi burnt alive by a mob on the hunt for 'undocumented' foreign nationals

08 April 2022 - 07:15

By Penwell Dlamini and Thulani Mbele

“Go diragalang? (what's happening?)” are two words that saved a Zimbabwean man from being killed by a mob that was raiding homes of suspected illegal immigrants in Diepsloot on Wednesday night.

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