A man identified as Lopes Hobjana, almost lost his manhood after a woman who lives in the same yard as him allegedly poured boiling water over him for refusing to have sex with her.
The 25-year-old from Palm Ridge, Ekurhuleni said he believed God had sent an angel in the guise of his friend to protect him.
His friend had just pulled him out of the way as the woman tossed the boiling hot water at him and while he was lucky to escape getting burnt all over, his thighs and manhood still got caught in the splash.
“This woman had beef with me because I refused to sleep with her. She thought I was going to tell her husband and she started swearing at me,” he said.
“I have not been eating at the main house and I kept it to myself as she asked me to, but she’s always restless.”
Lopes said he had accepted that his relationship with the woman had turned sour.
“I stay in my room but she sometimes knocks on the door just to swear at me. I don’t fight back as I have always respected her.
“On Thursday, my friend came to visit me and her husband asked us to help other tenants carry a bed into their room. Out of nowhere, the woman came out of the house with a bucket of boiling water and threw it at me, but luckily my friend pulled me away.
“The water hit my thighs and she started shouting at me that she wanted to burn my manhood! I am grateful to God that I’m alive. But I want her to go to jail.”
Eden Park police spokeswoman Captain Buyisile Mvelase said a case of assault was opened.