A man in Bulawayo is facing a serious attempted murder charge following a fight reportedly over five rand. Jafet Nyathi ended up in court before a regional magistrate, Mark Dzira, after allegedly stabbing a kombi driver named Learnmore Magwana twice with a knife and hitting him with a padlock. Nyathi did not deny the assault but pleaded not guilty to the more severe charge, arguing he was just defending himself after Magwana attacked him first.
The incident supposedly went down at the Redan garage in Makhokhoba. According to the account presented in court, Nyathi was first hitting a kombi conductor, Alexander Sibanda, with that padlock on a rope. That is when the driver, Magwana, stepped in to check on his conductor and got into it with Nyathi. The confrontation turned violent, leading to the stabbing. Magwana, bleeding from his chest wounds, only realized he was hurt after his passengers told him. He managed to report the incident to the Bulawayo Central Police before getting hospital treatment. Nyathi, who claims he was stabbed in the thigh first before disarming Magwana and retaliating, was remanded in custody for trial.
The incident supposedly went down at the Redan garage in Makhokhoba. According to the account presented in court, Nyathi was first hitting a kombi conductor, Alexander Sibanda, with that padlock on a rope. That is when the driver, Magwana, stepped in to check on his conductor and got into it with Nyathi. The confrontation turned violent, leading to the stabbing. Magwana, bleeding from his chest wounds, only realized he was hurt after his passengers told him. He managed to report the incident to the Bulawayo Central Police before getting hospital treatment. Nyathi, who claims he was stabbed in the thigh first before disarming Magwana and retaliating, was remanded in custody for trial.
