A quiet community on the East Rand has been rocked by the
death of a local businessman who kicked the bucket while having sex with his
nyatsi at a nearby bed and breakfast last week.
Pensioner and small-scale farmer Jottah Sibanda met his
creator in the most dramatic fashion as he took his last breath while in the
arms of his mistress of more than 20 years.
Sibanda, 67, according to what the woman told the police,
took off like a stolen VW GTi on Tuesday morning last week but started tapering
off before losing power and then started to struggle with his breathing. The
woman then quickly wrapped herself in a towel and called for help.
Staffers at the B&B called an ambulance as well as
police. The man was certified dead on the spot. The incident took place at a
nameless B&B, which is two streets away from his home in the farming suburb
of Putfontein in Benoni, while the man's wife was at work in Durban.
Gauteng police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini said:
"Police are investigating an inquest docket [opened] after the deceased
died at a plot, where no foul play was suspected. Once the postmortem results
and other relevant statements have been obtained, the case will be forwarded to
an inquest court for a decision."
When Sunday World visited the suburb this week, staffers at
the B&B confirmed that the incident took place, saying the madala booked a
room at 8am and paid R150. According to a police statement seen by Sunday
World, officers found the man lying on the floor when they were taken to the
room by the B&B security guard at 9am.
"He [the police officer] was told by an African female
[name witheld] ... that she was busy having sex with Mr Jottah Sibanda and the
deceased happened to be weak and he was not breathing well.
"She then tried to assist him but he couldn't wake up.
She called the security and the security called an ambulance; when the
ambulance arrived they certified him dead," read the police statement.
When Sunday World visited Sibanda's home, tenants who reside
in a row of back rooms on his property said his wife and other family members
were not available as they were in Zimbabwe to bury him.
"They left yesterday [Tuesday] with his body. We
understand that the funeral will be on Thursday in the village of Nswazi in
Gwanda [a town situated more than 100km outside Bulawayo]," said the
tenant, who refused to be named.
When asked if he knew the cause of death, the tenant
giggled and claimed that he heard "Mr Sibanda died while having sex
because he had taken vuka vuka [sex-enhancing] pills".
The tenant said Sibanda retired as a road maintenance
manager in 2017 and has been farming cattle, sheep and crops.
When Sunday World visited the middled-aged nyatsi at her
home in the nearby township of Etwatwa, she confirmed that she was in the
presence of Sibanda when he checked out from this world but declined to comment
further.
She said she needed the permission of Sibanda's wife and
family before she could grant an interview. "We must wait for them to come
back from Zimbabwe then I will talk to them and tell them about your request. I
don't have a problem to tell you what happened. I loved him," she said,
with tears rolling down her face.
One of the woman's neighbours said she and others were aware
of the relationship between her and Sibanda as it had been going on for
decades.
"Even her children know about ubaba Sibanda,"
said the neighbour, asking to remain anonymous.
"They started dating while he was still staying here
in our kasi many years ago," she said. Sowetan
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