Daily Sun (October 24 2013) - EIGHT times the three hitmen tried to kill Nomvula Magagula. And eight times they backed off. Then last Saturday they tried again. AND COMPLETELY BUNGLED IT!
- First the gun they pointed at her jammed.
- Then one brought a knife from the kitchen - but he broke down in tears and couldn't use it on Nomvula.
- Finally they made her "play dead" for a photo and loaded her Toyota Hilux with cellphones, a laptop and cash.
- But they crashed it trying to get out of the garage!
Nomvula, a 47-year-old businesswoman from Kamhlushwa, near Malelane in Mpumalanga, told Daily Sun the gang sneaked into her house and she woke up with a gun to her head.
Said Nomvula: "The men told me they had been tailing me since 8 August. They even had my house keys.
"They said they had been paid R20 000 to kill me but after eight opportunities their consciences still got the better of them.
"At one time they stood over me with a gun as I slept," said Nomvula. "They said they realised that I was a good woman."