Bonus Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 Keep coming back to this thread thinking that someone's going to come up with the "correct" version of what happened and the world can return to so semblance of normality again but no, apparently not. These guys actually did do something that most of us couldn't do to another human being if our lives depended on it. I've often said to people that the hard core criminals we sometimes hear about live in a very different world to the one we inhabit. Who the hell lives in a world where you'd actually do something like this though?
scubes Posted March 7, 2018 Posted March 7, 2018 Shocking... Crime..violent..savage.. just so inhumane and brutal. Donated now to the backAbuddy cause, totally worth it.
nochain Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 This blew my mind. It makes 60s gangster movies seem a little tame. What has gone down between you and someone else that they hide behind a bush with a chainsaw and try to cut your legs off? In my opinion this is an isolated and horrible incident. Rather personal! Damn.Last week a taxi driver was burned alive in the boot of his car because he was trying to make a living...you don't get more savage than that!! Sad thing is in both instances it happened while doing their jobs.We have no way of understanding the low regard for life these guys have!!Hope he can make a full recovery and continue to grow in the sport.
Patchelicious Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/south-africans-open-wallets-to-help-triathlete-injured-in-chainsaw-attack-20180308
SRBVI Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Shocking well done Quino on starting the crowdfunding campaign
Guest Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Wishing Mhlengi a full recovery. Strength Bud. P.S. It wasn't me.
eccc whippet Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 These guys actually did do something that most of us couldn't do to another human being if our lives depended on it. I've often said to people that the hard core criminals we sometimes hear about live in a very different world to the one we inhabit. Who the hell lives in a world where you'd actually do something like this though?extremely violent crimes like this are not something new that suddenly happened this week...burning people using petrol and tyres (old trick...witnessed this happen on a many occasions)...hacking people to death using a panga (seen the results of this on a few occasions...if the panga is sharp and the lad knows how to use it...the cut are normally pretty clean)...dragging and kicking pregnant women during house invasions (happened to one of my customers...twice)...too many to list. we live in an extremely violent society...we use to be protected living in suburbia...that is changing by the day...our neighbourhood watch no longer reports all the crime on the groups...they dont want to scare the residents 20 months in a bush war couldnt prepare me for what i witnessed doing 3 years of township duties...was a real eye opener. hope his legs heal and he can get back into training soon...good to see the community support.
Wannabe Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Snip Snip 20 months in a bush war couldnt prepare me for what i witnessed doing 3 years of township duties...was a real eye opener. Snip Snip I never did border duty, but served in the SAP during the most violent period in the mid 80's, and the level of violence people are capable of is truly astounding.
intern Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Chucked in my 10c this morning; see it has reached over 330k. Hope that helps Mhlengi a bit.This made the news in New Zealand:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12008279&ref=twitter
intern Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Gosh reading all the messages and seeing the generosity of complete strangers really brought a tear to my eye. As awful as people can be, they can also be absolutely amazing. Hope Mhlengi gets to read all that.
zeepee Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 His fundraiser is almost at R500k, guys do yourself a favor and read through the comments on the fundraiser page, amazing where the donations are coming from, all over the world. I hope this helps him get the best treatment physically and psychologicaly.
SwissVan Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 extremely violent crimes like this are not something new that suddenly happened this week...burning people using petrol and tyres (old trick...witnessed this happen on a many occasions)...hacking people to death using a panga (seen the results of this on a few occasions...if the panga is sharp and the lad knows how to use it...the cut are normally pretty clean)...dragging and kicking pregnant women during house invasions (happened to one of my customers...twice)...too many to list. we live in an extremely violent society...we use to be protected living in suburbia...that is changing by the day...our neighbourhood watch no longer reports all the crime on the groups...they dont want to scare the residents 20 months in a bush war couldnt prepare me for what i witnessed doing 3 years of township duties...was a real eye opener. hope his legs heal and he can get back into training soon...good to see the community support. Long before the new SA my mom worked as a nursing sister most of her life and not only in the "Whites only hospitals but also in the "Black hospitals" She often used to tell us how cruel the blacks were to each other, not only because of the level of injuries she saw coming into casualty, but also that the black nursing staff would be cruel (lack of care) towards the black patients. As you say, as a whitey you don't see what life is like outside our protected society especially in the good old days. Doing camps in the townships during the 80's and 90's was an eye opening experience seeing the level of black on black violence dished out.
SwissVan Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 What i actually wanted to post... in the swiss newspaper today
intern Posted March 8, 2018 Posted March 8, 2018 Nerly R600k raised for Mhlengi. It's a totally weird thing, but if this makes this fellow well off, I would be so happy that such a horrific incident at the hands of one kind of people, can be turned into one of the best things that ever happens to this chap at the hands of multitudes of other 'normal' faceless folks just getting on with life. I look at the pictures of him and see the comments people who know him have made, and think, gosh, this is a chap who has fought from the very worst of circumstances to make something of himself, something dread happens to him, and then there's all this white monopoly capital which springs to his support because people know a good bloke when they see one. Anyway. Don't drunk post on The Hub you will embarrass yourself. I'm bit emotional about this whole thing, but I am seeing some serious good coming from it. Read the News24 interview with him also, all I can say is, go for it boet. Get back in those shoes and on that bike, there's people all over the world rooting for you.
Slowbee Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 *mini jack* how does the money changing hands this actually work ? in what bank account is the money ?
mazambaan Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 made this: https://cyclingtips.com/news/video-hard-beautiful-strade-bianche-ep-3/ not too flattering for SA sadly.
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