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A youth who was believed to have been stabbed to death and buried in 2005 has resurfaced in yet another mysterious return of a man from the dead in the Transkei. Siviwe Ntwalana, of Mthatha’s New Payne Location, turned up at one of the village’s homes, where he was given food last Thursday.
“They noticed his resemblance to our family,” said his father, Mbongolwana Ntwalana, yesterday. His elder brother’s daughter went to check and recognised him, he said.
Ntwalana said Siviwe, born in 1983, was later taken to his home, but his mother could not believe her eyes. “She was shocked because she knew that her son had been buried,” he said. The village’s committee was approached and then police took him to the local hospital.
“At that time I was not at home, but when I woke up the following day family members came to ask about him,” Ntwalana said, adding that he and his family subsequently went to the hospital to look for Siviwe.
Other family members were convinced it was his son when they saw him, but Ntwalana only believed it after checking certain marks on his body.
“What made me believe was a mark where he was gored by a cow near the eye,” he said. “We were very excited to see him again because we knew he died.” He explained that Siviwe was stabbed by another man during a love triangle argument and reported to have been killed. Ntwalana said his son has yet to explain where he had been.
“He has not told us where he was all along. He breaks down when he speaks.”
Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said police were investigating. He said his fingerprints would be matched with those in his ID application and those of the person who was buried in 2005. “That process will cast light on what exactly is taking place,” Fatyela said.
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