Wife, sister chase husband's lover down street naked while filming her

Published Aug 18, 2016

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Pretoria - A woman's tryst with her married lover turned into a nightmare when a night of passion was interrupted and she was not only chased down the street naked and assaulted by the man’s wife and sister, but footage of her ordeal was captured on video and later published on the front page of a newspaper.

Rose Mashiane subsequently instituted a R1 million damages claim in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, against Thabisile Tibane and Lindiwe Masemola.

Masemola, the enraged wife, mainly took pictures of the naked Mashiane, while her sister, Tibane, attacked the woman with a sjambok and gave her a good hiding.

The assault lasted for about three hours.

Judge Cynthia Pretorius ordered Tibane to pay Mashiane R150 000 in damages, while Masemola was ordered to pay her husband’s mistress R15 000. The judge found that while Masemola humiliated Mashiane, her sister was the main instigator and the one who relentlessly assaulted her.

“The assault and nakedness in public were very serious, but to add insult to injury, the whole incident was rehashed and appeared on the front page of the Daily Sun newspaper three weeks after the incident. It was also distributed through social media,” the judge said.

According to the judge, Mashiane was still suffering from this humiliation when she gave evidence as she could barely look at the video, which was played in court.

The video also went viral shortly after the incident, which took place in October 2012.

Mashiane’s nightmare ordeal started when she spent a night with Masemola’s husband, identified as Xoli in the judgment. She testified that she woke up in Xoli’s bed at around 5.30am, wearing only a pair of panties. She heard the garage door opening and Xoli ran out to check what was happening.

Next moment the two women entered the bedroom and Tibane started hitting her and dragged her outside by her breast. Xoli told her to go to the car but the women grabbed the keys. She then ran to a neighbour down the street, but the two women went after her and tore off her panties, leaving her completely naked.

Tibane got hold of a sjambok and beat her, while Masemola took pictures. They bundled her into their car and took her to Xoli’s mother, who ordered them to go and fetch her clothes.

Mashiane said she was so badly affected by this incident that she had to go for counselling. She is afraid to be seen in public, as she was afraid people were whispering and laughing at her.

Judge Pretorius said she watched the video and it is clear that the woman was humiliated by being chased naked down the road.

Several people were watching her being sjambokked, the judge added.

According to the judge, Tibane was vicious and relentless in her assault and humiliation of the woman, while Masemola played a lesser role.

Neither of the two women defended the action and the judge said there was no reason not to accept Mashiane's version, as she was completely honest about what had happened.

“There was no reason for the two defendants’ actions,” the judge said.

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