Doreen Mokgolo
Joseph Mona, the man who suffered unimaginable brutality, wants his money.
Mona was forced to drink a jug full of human faeces, pushed inside a septic tank and left to die in December 2016.
Last year, the equality court ordered the family he was working for to pay him R250,000 to compensate for the trauma and suffering which they put him through.
He said the money will help him afford better medical treatment for the injuries he sustained on that dreadful day.
“I can’t sit or walk for long before I start bleeding from my rectum,” he said.
“I have to carry sanitary pads to ensure that I don’t stain my clothes.”
He said his rectum had to be reconstructed because the worms in the manhole managed to crawl inside his pants and into his anus and other parts of his body.
He is expected to undergo more surgery next month.
His abusers, farmer Harry Leicester, 57, his wife Maryna Leicester, 53, and son Chris Leicester, 31, were found guilty and sentenced to 10 years for attempted murder and two years for crimen injuria which will run concurrently.
EFF councillor Fannie Sibeko who played a significant role in Joseph’s case to be opened with the police said they are waiting for a date to be confirmed to take the matter back to the equality court.
“He was granted the pay-out in 2019 and to date they haven’t made arrangements to pay him but crying poverty before the magistrate.
“We know they own a number of properties, we will make sure they are attached and sold to ensure Joseph receives his money,” he said.
On Friday their application to appeal their sentence was dismissed.
Magistrate Khensani Moila said the defence did not provide new evidence to substantiate their appeal.
