"I begged him to at least leave me with one hand, but he said my friends must see what happens to people that steal from him." These are the words of the man who had both his hands chopped off in Mpumalanga two weeks ago.
Four trucks and two bakkies have been set alight on the outskirts of Vosman in Emalahleni (formerly Witbank), allegedly by community members, Mpumalanga police said on Thursday.
Community members in parts of Emalahleni in Mpumalanga are not impressed by the possibility that they might spend Christmas in darkness due to repairs on a damaged transformer, which may take about 16 weeks to fix.