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“It was very traumatic. All I could think about was my family.”
These were the words of Eastern Province cricket president, Donovan May after he was attacked by three knife-wielding men at the Arlington Tip site in Victoria Drive in Port Elizabeth on Saturday morning.
In a statement to Algoa FM News May said he could have been killed and warned that somebody is going to be killed there if nothing gets done.
He said he had gone to the Arlington tip in the morning to drop off rubbish when three guys, who he thought were going to help off-load the rubbish, jumped onto the back of his bakkie.
May said they directed him down a gravel road which he thought was safe and there were no signs indicating otherwise. He said he stopped the bakkie and the guys off-loaded and then asked him to move the bakkie so that they could move the rubbish.
“I got out to see how far they were and that is when the three jumped off and attacked me with their knives. A big scuffle broke out and I had to backtrack and fell, but luckily I got back on my feet and another scuffle broke out,” he said.
He received treatment in hospital for his injuries before reporting the incident to the police.
“I think the Metro really should do something about safety at the tip. I could have been killed and somebody is going to be killed there if nothing gets done,” May said.
Earlier this month the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality handed out ID cards and bibs to approved re-cyclers following several incidents at the tip site.
DA provincial leader, Nqaba Bhanga, also led a delegation to the tip where the opposition outlined measures to improve safety for people using the Municipal site.
