Woman stabbed for handbag

After eating at Mamma G’s restaurant at the Ballito Junction Centre on Monday night, Anja Visagie was walking to her car when she saw a young beggar asking for food, North Coast Courier reported.

Visagie, who had landed in Durban that morning for a business trip, gave the man her leftover pizza, which he took and walked away.

Suddenly he turned around and grabbed her handbag.

“I did not want to let go because all of my belongings were in the bag,” said Visagie.

When she did not want to let go, the man pulled out a homemade knife and stabbed her in the arm.

“He held up the weapon and looked straight at me, which is when I felt that he might stab me somewhere else, and I let go,” she said.

The man then ran off with the bag, which contained her rental car keys, her own car keys, phone, wallet and driver’s licence.

“Mamma G’s staff was very helpful and phoned my family, and they took me to the hospital,” she said.

Earlier this month, a man was seriously injured after he was stabbed at Mtwalume Beach in KwaZulu-Natal.

A couple was enjoying a walk when they were allegedly held up by armed robbers.

The man was stabbed multiple times, while his female companion was unharmed.

Netcare 911 paramedics reportedly found the injured man in a serious condition.

The unidentified man was treated on the scene before he was taken to hospital.

Investigations are ongoing.

– Caxton News Service