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A ZIMBABWEAN man living in Botswana lost both arms when his employer shot him in a fit of rage for demanding his pay.
According to The Voice, a Francistown based newspaper, Gift Ncube (22), was shot four times and sustained serious injuries to his arms which were later amputated.
His employer, identified as Kheitumetso Khunowu, lost his temper when Ncube asked to be paid his dues.
Ncube had just finished clearing two hectares of land. “I am finished, it would have been better if he had just killed me because now I cannot do anything for myself,” Ncube told The Voice.
According to the publication, Ncube said the agreement was that he would be paid $460 after clearing the bushy area.
However, after finishing the job he was given $22 and told to “go to hell”.
Ncube made a report to the police before going back to Khunowu to ask for his money again.
Khunowu in frustration allegedly shot him four times.
Police in Botswana have said Ncube would stay in the country despite being an illegal immigrant until the case is brought to court.
Meanwhile, the body of the 27-year-old Bulawayo man who was reportedly murdered in the neighbouring country has been brought home for burial.
Edmore Rundogo, who was working as a domestic worker in Botswana, had his heart ripped out by machete-wielding attackers in Botswana in September.
The attackers allegedly tried to burn the body to conceal the gruesome murder.
Rundogo’s uncle Mr Strucken Rundogo confirmed to Chronicle yesterday that some of the body parts were missing.
He said two of the four family members who travelled to Botswana managed to acquire emergency travel documents from the Registrar General’s office in Bulawayo.
This was after the Zimbabwean Embassy in Botswana made a request for them and also facilitated their entry to Botswana which no longer accepts emergency travel documents.
“We identified the body and managed to collect it from Maun but we were left with many questions after identifying the body.
“The body was slightly burnt, his heart and brains were missing and one of his legs was cut off. The police, however, insisted that he committed suicide by burning himself in a hut,” said Mr Rundogo.
He added: “They said when a body is burnt there is a possibility of dismembering of body parts.”
Mr Rundogo said they also looked for the woman he was staying with in Maun but failed to get any answers. “We met the woman he was cohabitating with but she professed ignorance concerning the matter. We have since buried his body in Rusape,” he said.
Mr Rundogo thanked the Zimbabwean Embassy in Botswana, the Department of Immigration and the Registrar-General’s office for assisting in giving their son a decent burial.
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