KABOKWENI – A 22-year-old man from Nkohlakalo was forced to eat his faeces by furious community members after he was accused of bestiality recently.

According to Ms Elizabeth Makhukhule, the owner of the dog found the man performing an act of bestiality with the puppy.

The owner called out for help and some community members came to investigate.

The community decided to discipline the man. They gave him the options to either be stoned or eat his own faeces.He decided to eat his own shit but he couldn’t swallow as he started to vomits.

The man said he was trying to help the puppy as it was stuck on a fence. The community members dismissed his explanation.

He started carrying out the punishment and then requested to be given a chance to pray. The community dispersed while he was praying. The man said,”They accused me of something that I did not do. I wanted to pee under the tree when I heard a funny noise. When I turn around, I found the dog stuck in a fence, then I picked it up. They got it all wrong”.

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The owner of the puppy said, “I love my dogs so much because they are like my bodyguards. I don’t want to see them hurt, so you media people must write what you want, I don’t owe anyone any explanation”.

Recently the local police arrested and rescued a 25-year-old man after he was caught committing an act of bestiality with a goat in a kraal. Community members threatened to stone him.

The spokesperson for the local police, Capt Shirley Ngomane, said they arrived at the scene on time as residents were up in arms as others were labelling him an animal rapist.