The details, the drama and the devastation of the cow who mauled an Eastern Cape woman plus expert insight into the attack

He could hardly believe the news when his phone rang: his colleague was lying injured on the road – she’d been mauled by a cow, came the words from the other end of the line.

Mzuvukile Mjanyelwa was visiting friends just a few streets from where the incident occurred when he got the alarming telephone call. The 53-year-old principal of Ncothi Senior Primary School ran to the scene as fast as his legs could carry him.

And what he found was a scene that still haunts him.