By Nomalungelo Booi

THERE was a drunken argument in the local tavern when the young men questioned each other’s passage to manhood.

And Sinethemba Ncamiso (24) was necklaced for the apparent sins of his younger brother.

But Sinethemba’s proper passage to the afterlife is in jeopardy!

His family cannot mourn their son because a rival clan keeps throwing stones and petrol bombs at the house where the vigil needs to take place.

It happened on Tuesday night in Kamvelihle, near Motherwell, Port Elizabeth.

Sinethemba was kidnapped and burned to death by a group of unknown men on Sunday evening. His horrific death came after his younger brother (22), who was circumcised in June 2022, apparently questioned another man’s passage to manhood (ukudodisana) at the tavern that morning.

Sinethemba’s dad Mzwakhe (46) told Daily Kasi News : “An old man arrived at my house on Sunday armed with a hammer. He was looking for Sinethemba’s younger brother. He hit me with the hammer on my head and I nearly died.

“Later on I asked Sinethemba to go and buy airtime but he never came back. He was reportedly kidnapped by the crowd at about 7pm and burned to death.

When mourners gathered at my house on Tuesday night, stones and petrol bombs rained on us. I don’t know why my son was killed like this. He had nothing to do with the fight. 

“I will take his body straight from the mortuary to graveyard because I am really scared.’’ 

Constable Mncedi Mbombo said: “Cases of murder and arson have been opened but no one has been arrested yet.”