Three men are dead after a weekend drinking session went horribly wrong. (from IOL)
Two of the men went blind after sharing what they thought was a container of brandy, but is now suspected of being industrial alcohol or poison.
Security guard "Cardo" Langa, 32, Phalizile Msolo, 57, and Thandilizwe Sigwinta, 32, died in quick succession after having drunk the concoction on Saturday.
Both Msolo and Sigwinta complained that they had gone blind before their eventual deaths.
Thobeka Daniel, an aunt of Sigwinti, said he had complained on Sunday morning that he had a high temperature and had asked to be "cooled down" by having water splashed over him.
"He was later carried out of his shack, complaining that he could not see a thing, and taken to a waiting car. When he arrived at Site B Day Hospital, he was declared dead," said Daniel.
The men are believed to have consumed what they thought to be brandy throughout Saturday, and had turned away many of their drinking buddies who wanted a share of the tipple.
Daniel said: "As he was carried out of the door and into the waiting car, some of his friends, who were standing around, joked that fate had intervened after they were chased away by the three men."
The ward councillor for the area, Ryder Mkutswana, who visited the families of the three men yesterday, said he had heard that it was Langa who supplied the deadly liquid. "He was a security guard at a liquor factory, and on Saturday he came back with a 5-litre container of what he thought was alcohol," Mkutswana said.
Two of the men went blind after sharing what they thought was a container of brandy, but is now suspected of being industrial alcohol or poison.
Security guard "Cardo" Langa, 32, Phalizile Msolo, 57, and Thandilizwe Sigwinta, 32, died in quick succession after having drunk the concoction on Saturday.
Both Msolo and Sigwinta complained that they had gone blind before their eventual deaths.
Thobeka Daniel, an aunt of Sigwinti, said he had complained on Sunday morning that he had a high temperature and had asked to be "cooled down" by having water splashed over him.
"He was later carried out of his shack, complaining that he could not see a thing, and taken to a waiting car. When he arrived at Site B Day Hospital, he was declared dead," said Daniel.
The men are believed to have consumed what they thought to be brandy throughout Saturday, and had turned away many of their drinking buddies who wanted a share of the tipple.
Daniel said: "As he was carried out of the door and into the waiting car, some of his friends, who were standing around, joked that fate had intervened after they were chased away by the three men."
The ward councillor for the area, Ryder Mkutswana, who visited the families of the three men yesterday, said he had heard that it was Langa who supplied the deadly liquid. "He was a security guard at a liquor factory, and on Saturday he came back with a 5-litre container of what he thought was alcohol," Mkutswana said.
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