Daily Sun (July 29 2015) - THE big snake was poised to strike with its killer venom.
Wisani knew he faced agonising death. BUT HE PROVED THE REPTILE WAS NO MATCH FOR A BRAVE FATHER. “I hit it four times on the head with my spade and that killed it,” he said after his life and death struggle.
Wisani Nwayila showed the SunTeam the body of the 1,8 metre Mozambican Spitting Cobra that nearly took his life. Two months ago, the brave 37-year-old motor mechanic killed two pythons that were terrorising his chickens every night at his home in Qaza village outside Malamulele, Limpopo. But this highly poisonous snake nearly widowed his wife Gladys (37) and orphaned his daughters Nsovo (16), Nkoka Nwayıla (9) and Tomy (4).
Wisani described how he ran to see what was happening when he heard his chickens shrieking in fear on Monday afternoon. That’s when he came face to face with the venomous snake. “I knew I had to act before it killed them all,” he said.
The snake fixed its cold and angry eyes on Wisani, waiting for the right moment to strike. “I grabbed a spade and killed it,” he said.