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https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-03-06-athlete-attacked-with-chainsaw/

South African triathlete‚ Mhlengi Gwala‚ was attacked with a chainsaw by robbers while training in Durban today‚ a friend revealed.

Fellow triathlete Henri Schoeman shared the shocking crime on his official Twitter account.


He extended his support to Gwala‚ "in his operation and road to recovery".

"We all stand behind you and support you as we need to make cycling safer on the roads in South Africa!‚" said Schoeman.

The sporting fraternity is shocked. Donovan Geldenhuys commented‚ "Utterly disgusting! @MhlengiGwala is a true gentleman‚ I can’t even imagine this happening‚ it’s sickening! Praying for him to heal up quick."

This is a breaking story‚ more to come shortly.
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Tweet from Henri Schoeman's feed.

Henri Schoeman
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@H_Schoeman
A friend of mine, cycling in the Durban area was robbed by three people this morning, Then they attempted to saw off both legs with a chainsaw. Blade too blunt and only got half way through one and started on the other. Absolutely disgusting! How safe are we on SA roads?

11:02 AM - Mar 6, 2018 · Umhlanga, South Africa
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I just cannot fathom the level of violence in this country anymore. Want to move to another planet. :(
 
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...for you and me, you and me in paradise...
 
Getting mugged and robbed is one thing.

Your assailants trying to dismember you with a chain saw.... What level of barbarian are you !!!!
 
Somebody was jealous and wanted to ruin his career. Jealous of his success no doubt.

Think about it - how premeditated is it to bring a chainsaw to attack a bicyclist? Who does that? They didn't just want to rob him, they wanted to prevent him from being able to cycle again.

I hope they find out not only who did the actual cutting but who was the one behind it all. No doubt somebody paid for some thugs to do this.

Disgusting crime and I cannot believe something like this could happen.
 
Ancalagon said:
Somebody was jealous and wanted to ruin his career. Jealous of his success no doubt.

Think about it - how premeditated is it to bring a chainsaw to attack a bicyclist? Who does that? They didn't just want to rob him, they wanted to prevent him from being able to cycle again.
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Yeah, exactly what i was thinking, the yanks get Tonya Harding with a club, we get a group of psychos with a chain saw....:mad:
 
Henri Schoeman
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@H_Schoeman
A friend of mine, cycling in the Durban area was robbed by three people this morning, Then they attempted to saw off both legs with a chainsaw. Blade too blunt and only got half way through one and started on the other. Absolutely disgusting! How safe are we on SA roads?

11:02 AM - Mar 6, 2018 · Umhlanga, South Africa
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35 people are talking about this
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JHC!
 
Sounds like he was targeted here. I tried to reason in my head that maybe they wanted his shoes but that makes not ****ing sense. KZN is the ****hole of SA, there was that boy who had his eyes gouged out after being robbed of a phone to keep him from ID'ing the savages.
 
Muti... eat his legs and they can run faster from police:whistle:
 
Apparently the robbers were after his feet. Rumor is only one leg was cut. The perps were speaking a foreign language, and were not interested in his bike or other gear, so speculation is that is was a muti attack.

Please, don't quote me on this. I am hoping we will have some more info on this from the media that has been verified.
 
Ancalagon said:
Somebody was jealous and wanted to ruin his career. Jealous of his success no doubt.

Think about it - how premeditated is it to bring a chainsaw to attack a bicyclist? Who does that? They didn't just want to rob him, they wanted to prevent him from being able to cycle again.

I hope they find out not only who did the actual cutting but who was the one behind it all. No doubt somebody paid for some thugs to do this.

Disgusting crime and I cannot believe something like this could happen.
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This...

https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/shange-warms-to-triathlon-despite-the-cold-13174124

Shange warms to triathlon despite the cold

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In their townships, Shange and his fellow participant and friend Mhlengi Gwala are seen as different.

“In our communities, they view us as white people,” he laughs. “It is all because we do these very expensive sports that are not really common among black people. But over time we’ve also become role models for many kids. There are plenty of youngsters who aspire to be lifeguards like us and who always ask us about triathlon.

“Now many youngsters in the townships no longer look up to the criminals as we did when we were younger, but they look up to us. I’m just glad that in a small way we are showing them they can get away from that flashy life of criminals which is very short.

“We go to schools and give talks about what lifeguards do and we teach them about beach awareness. That way we also introduce them to triathlon and make the kids realise there’s no such thing as a sport for white or black people anymore.”
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