Man almost loses ear in fight over girlfriend

29-year-old Andile Somboteni from Mthambeka section in Tembisa, SA, almost lost his ear after he went to get his fiancee from another man.

Andile was furious when he found his fiancee was not at home.

When her friends told him she had left with another man, he thought it was a joke.

But he got a shock when he went to the man's place and found his girlfriend in the arms of that man.

Andile told the man that the woman he was with belonged to him.

Andile said the man went to his bedroom and fetched a panga.

He allegedly aimed for Andile's head but missed and got him on the ear instead.

Andile ran for his life with his flapping, bleeding ear.

Neighbours who saw what happened to him rushed him to hospital and the nurses stitched the ear back.

The following day he reported the matter to Tembisa cops.

He said when his fiancee's lover aimed for his head, he ducked.

"I thank God for saving my life. I could be dead by now."

Andile said his fiancee sent him an SMS the day after the incident, apologising for what had happened.

He said she told him to get another woman.

"I suspect this has been going on for a long time and I was not aware. I live with her but it is now clear that when I left for work in the mornings she spends the day with this man," said a fuming Andile.

"I don't want anything to do with her. I just want her out of my life. I almost died because of her."

Captain Manyadza Ralidzhivha said a case of attempted murder has been opened.

"Cops went to the suspect's place but we were told he had run away after the incident," Ralidzhivha said.