Police said the surviving man was drunk by a stranger who approached him in Makapane on Thursday while he was looking for work.
MAKOPANE – Police in Limpopo are investigating the deaths of two men, allegedly after a stranger gave them a mysterious concoction.
The third man, who also drank the drink, was hospitalized.
Police said the surviving man was drunk by a stranger who approached him in Makapane on Thursday while he was looking for work.
Believing it was a soft drink, he took it home and shared it with his younger brother, identified as Klaas Muvhalo, 50, and another 36-year-old man, identified as Thabo Tlako – both of whom died on Saturday morning.
“Limpopo Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has ordered a full investigation into the deaths of two men who died on Saturday morning after allegedly consuming a substance reportedly offered to them by a passing motorist in Makapane,” said spokesperson for SAPS Limpopo. , Matlafela Mohapela.
In the course of the investigation, two criminal cases were initiated.
