Farm worker shot twice
2003-03-17 14:47
Hazyview - An Mpumalanga farm worker is in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot at work on Saturday afternoon.
Judas Ngutwane, 50, told police he was shot at twice when he went to collect his wages at Spitskop farm in Hazyview about 13:00.
Captain Mtsholi Bhembe of Lowveld police said on Monday: "One bullet hit him in the chest and another hit his middle finger."
Neighbours took Ngutwane to Themba Hospital in KaBokweni near White River.
Hazyview police went to the farm to investigate, only to be told that Ngutwane's boss, Henry Swart, had gone to White River police station.
"The officers radioed ahead to White River to ask them to detain Swart, but someone let him go," said Bhembe.
Police want to question Swart and have asked anyone who knows his whereabouts to contact the nearest police station. - African Eye News Service