This is what was said by a very emotional fellow brethen of the Zion Christian Church at the funeral service of Ephraim Mashishi."if it was not for this man who is lying in this casket today, we would have all been dead.he save our lives he is a hero", said an emotional George.
Ephraim Mashishi was not just a brother, a son,father and a husband;to many he was a man of honour and loved serving the Lord and going to church.He died on Monday morning after he and a mass of ZCC worshippers coming from a church prayer(kosha)when they were blasted with a hand grenade by a soldier of the South African Defence force. Sakkie Mashishi said that "the worshippers were on their way home when they rebuked a man driving a blue golf of reckless driving and after hitting one of the fellow brethens with his car".It is said that the driver of the golf returned and blasted the worshippers with the greande.
"Ephraim was helping the man who was hit by the car when we called out his name to alert him of the grenade that was thrown to them, that is when he turned and caught the grenade with his hand and it blasted while he held it",said Peter Galane , who is a cousin of the family. Ephraim was the sole breadwinner of the family and now his death leaves a great gap as to who will feed the family for he leaves behind his wife and children who are all very young.
The funeral was attended by influencial figures of the tshwane Metro municipality, Father Simangaliso Mkhatshwa, also attended the funeral and send through his condolensces to the family saying that an this incident is surely one that should never happen again in the country, for hand grenades are a weapon of war and should not be carried around in a democratic South Africa".
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