The argument started after the supervisor Mr Drikus Strydom confronted Mogopa for working to long on a vehicle.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Strydom were taken to the Life Midmed Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mtsweni said that Mr Nico van Niekerk (co-owner) slapped him in his face.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sitole said that Strydom pushed him in more than one occasion, forcing him to work.<\/p>\n
\u2022Sekwadile accuses Mr Strydom of beating him and pushing him into his office.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Skosana also said that he have been mistreated but have never been assaulted before.<\/p>\n
\u2022 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”.<\/p>\n
Disciplinary steps will be taken against Mogopa.<\/p>\n
Mr Strydom questions his employees’ accusations. “If they were mistreated why didn’t one of open a criminal case?”<\/p>\n
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