By Own Correspondent- A Binga man, who had managed to save enough money to pay bride price collapsed and died after learning that his lover of many years has eloped with another man to South Africa.

The man, Trydon Mkuli, 25, of Siachilaba Village was so excited to learn that his girlfriend Janice Sithole had returned from South Africa that he rushed over to her home to inform her that he had finally raised enough money to pay for her bride price.

Unfortunately, for Mkuli, he learnt that Sithole had just left for South Africa with her new lover, leading to him collapsing and dying.

Trydon’s brother, James Mkuli, told a local publication:

“After hearing that Sithole was around he decided to go and see her. When he got to her home he must have been shocked to hear that she had just left for South Africa with her new lover. He then collapsed and immediately died.

As a family, we were so hurt and we could not understand why he had to die in such a painful way.”

Siachilaba councillor John Sikaboto confirmed the incident saying,

I learnt with sadness of Trydon’s death and it’s a pity we do not have a clinic nearby so they failed to take him to the clinic and soon after realised he had died.-StateMedia