A Soweto woman has spent the weekend agonising over whether one of the men killed in a car accident involving kwaito singer Mandoza is her husband.
Two men were killed in the early hours of Saturday morning when a car driven by the controversial singer rear-ended the car in which they were travelling.
The kwaito star was reportedly rushing back to the Mzanzi awards, held on Friday night, after dropping his wife, Mpho, at home.
Inspector Edna Mamonyane, a spokeswoman for the Johannesburg metro police, told The Times yesterday that police were “90percent” certain that the two men were employees of a catering company.
Mamonyane said it had not been possible to identify the bodies of the men because mortuaries were closed at the weekend.
She said: “ I can only imagine how the wife must feel right now.
“Our officials did not find any identity documents on the men so we can only be certain [later today],” she explained.
Mamonyane said blood samples to test for alcohol consumption could not be taken from Mandoza because he was being treated at the scene by paramedics.
“It is illegal to withdraw blood when a person is on a drip,” she said.
A breathalyser test was also not conducted because medical concerns “were a priority”.
Esme de Wet, a spokeswoman for Life Flora Clinic, in Johannesburg, yesterday confirmed Mandoza had been treated in the hospital’s causality unit — but only for minor bruises.
She said: “He was not admitted. He was treated and sent home.”
Recently, Mandoza’s skirmishes with the law have made more headlines than his music.
In January he was accused of beating up his wife in public. Last year the couple were charged with theft after allegedly failing to pay for clothing worth R19000. The charges were later withdrawn.
Mamonyane said a case of culpable homicide would be opened against Mandoza , who has not yet been questioned by police about the accident.
She said once the police had completed their investigation, the docket would be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which would decide whether to press charges.
