A safari park tracker searching for wild game for rich tourists was ambushed by two lions and eaten alive as he followed the tracks of a pair of cheetahs.
Malibongwe Mfila, 27, had seen the tracks divert off the dirt road he was following in his jeep and stopped to follow where they went on foot.
But within just 20 metres two young male lions who were lying camouflaged in a thicket leaped out and dragged him to the ground before beginning to eat him.
The lions were subsequently shot, a police spokesperson confirmed.
Malibongwe Mfila, 27, was ambushed by two lions and eaten alive as he followed the tracks of a pair of cheetahs