"You're fired"..the South African way
 

South African farm worker in dispute with employer believed thrown to lions
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Four men were charged with murder and the Labour Ministry began an investigation Wednesday into allegations a farm worker was beaten and then killed by being thrown into a lion enclosure.

Nelson Shisane was allegedly assaulted and then tossed over a fence, into a park where lions are bred after a dispute with his employer at a nearby farm, said ministry spokesman Snuki Zikalala.

Police found bones, torn clothes and a skull in the lion enclosure.

Shisane's employer, Mark Scott Crossley, and three co-workers, Simon Mathebula, Richard Mathebula and Robert Mnisi, have been arrested and charged with murder. They were denied bail and are scheduled to appear in court Feb. 19.

Zikalala said investigators believe Shisane was fired last year.

Shisane's family reported him missing Sunday.



© The Canadian Press, 2003

damn, good thing i don't live there :shock:

actually, better thing that my friend doesn't live there, he's been fired a couple times from jobs :lol:

That's a tough way to go-

I used to live there.

Sounds about right :lol:

Hey u bastards.. there`s only a few crazies around here that make life tough for the rest of us in SA. The majority of us here are allright...

And by the way thats not as bad as being tossed into a bathtub of acid - as happened to a poor fucker in Italy last week. police are querying mafia involvement.... :shock:

I saw a report on South Africa, it seems pretty unsecure for the less !!!
Some expensive cars buyers used to let a snake in their car to avoid car jacking.
:shock:

Ah -- home sweet home... :)

hey my parents my be moving there in 3 months, UR SCARYING ME!!!!

Yes its true . we used to keep a pitbull in the car before, but it gets kinda hectic cleaning the shit and piss of the upholstery after a while... :lol:

Alternatively most of us who can, carry a 9mm with plus p hollow points or a 45 ACP if possible(its kinda heavy u know - makes a nice big boom though :wink: )

Hey at least our weather is nice and the babes are hot :P

Its much safer than u would expect. ur chances of being a crime victim are more or less the same as anywhere in the world - u just have to be smart about ur safety.

People who have lived in the states and moved back say its more dangerous in New York and Chicago than in Cape town or Durban... thats their opinion remember.

I have never been a victim of serious crime yet.. touch Sig 220.. :wink:

Why such heavy crime there? Organized crime? Or some other situation that the rest of the world may be unaware of?

unemployment and hunger are tha main reasons for petty crime... Serious crimes are committed by local fall guys for foreign crime organisations (these include british,greek,italian, chinese, russian,north and south american, nigerian and other african crime lords)

White collar crime is growing rapidly, the biggest sector in dollar and rand terms and its the type least reported on - committed by the previous privileged and the new elite...

This may sound pretty controversial, but I believe Afrika has skipped some steps in the process of civilisation... :?

This coming from a resident of Belgium - the epicentre for liberal nonsense... ;)

Well....trying not to sound racist....I must agree with you on that one. The problem in S.A. (from what I know) is the percentage of people living under the poverty line (which are mostly black). These are the people that are now free, but can't get a proper job (because racism still exists in S.A., and because most of them have little to no formal education), so they have to do what they can to survive. It's a sad situation. I'm glad I don't live there.


BTW: The title of the topic was not put there to stereotype South Africans. It could have happened in any other country on the planet, in a similar way...and more grewsome stuff has happened in other countries (recall the guy that "slipped into the barrel of sulfuric acid).