Two people have been stabbed to death in taverns in the Eastern Cape.
|||Two people have been stabbed to death in taverns in the Eastern Cape, police said on Sunday.
A man was stabbed to death in Kwanomzamo on Saturday, said Lt-Col Priscilla Naidu.
Zama Nququza and another man were drinking in the tavern when they started arguing about their manhood, she said.
Nququza was fatally stabbed twice in his chest with a knife. The other man was arrested.
In a separate incident, a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Oyster Bay over a game of pool.
Naidu said he and another man started arguing during a game of pool at a tavern in Umzamanawethu.
“The 25-year-old suspect then became enraged and stabbed his mate, once in the face and once in his chest. The man died at the scene and the suspect was arrested.”
Both of the men arrested would appear in the Humansdorp Magistrate's Court on Monday, said Naidu. - Sapa