Boss stabbed following argument
A staff member from Supa Quick Mr Tumelo Mogopa is facing criminal charges after allegedly stabbing his supervisor with a kitchen knife during an argument Tuesday morning.
The argument started after the supervisor Mr Drikus Strydom confronted Mogopa for working to long on a vehicle.
The argument however ended in the kitchen when Mogopa grabbed a knife that was lying in the kitchen sink and stabbed Mr Strydom in his neck.
Strydom were taken to the Life Midmed Hospital for treatment.
Mogopa also opened a case of assault against Strydom and told the Observer that he reached boiling point after being harassed and assaulted several times since he started working at Supa Quick.
Shortly after the incident, Mogopa’s colleagues, Aubrey Mtshweni, William Sitole, Fanie Sekwadile and Bongani Skosana came forward and told the Observer that they were also victimized on duty.
• Mtsweni said that Mr Nico van Niekerk (co-owner) slapped him in his face.
• Sitole said that Strydom pushed him in more than one occasion, forcing him to work.
•Sekwadile accuses Mr Strydom of beating him and pushing him into his office.
• Skosana also said that he have been mistreated but have never been assaulted before.
• Mogopa said that he reached breaking point after Mr Strydom, “pushed him in front a machine” and “assaulted him in the main office and kitchen”.
Disciplinary steps will be taken against Mogopa.
Mr Strydom questions his employees’ accusations. “If they were mistreated why didn’t one of open a criminal case?”
