SA healthcare workers rally behind Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena They have pledged to render their highly specialised services for free and to raise donations to bring the child to the country for treatment Rodwell Nkomazana, nine, was mauled by a hyena while sleeping at an all-night church service in Zimbabwe. Image: Supplied One eye lost, destruction of his nose and the loss of an entire lip. These are some of the harrowing injuries suffered by a nine-year-old boy in Zimbabwe after he was mauled by a hyena last month. Rodwell Nkomazana was attacked and mauled by the hyena while sleeping at an all-night church gathering outside Harare.