When Mzwanele Wellem directed a white Corsa bakkie that was pointing in the wrong direction to obey the one-way road markings, the last thing he bargained for was a hit-and-run. WeekendArgus
Cape Town - “I don’t understand how it is that someone can do something like that to another human being.” These were the words of a still dazed and confused Mzwanele Wellem, the security guard who was just doing his job in a Stellenbosch shopping centre’s parking lot when he was driven over by the owner of a bakkie and left for dead.
“I never expected it,” said the father of a young daughter on Friday from the Kayamandi home he shares with his girlfriend. And Wellem responded miraculously. So much so that he was anxious to end the interview so he could be on his way to shop for food for his girlfriend before she left for work. Wellem said he was so traumatised that he couldn’t bear to bring himself to watch the video that has resulted in an avalanche of texts and missed call messages from journalists across the country.Wellem said he was also afraid to be near cars in the road and in parking lots. He was also fearful of being on his own. “I don’t want to be alone. I need to be with my cousins. I need them to assist me.”“I just want to relax and get better so that I can face tomorrow.
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