‘TINYOSI’ SHEBEENS FACE SHUT DOWN

MBABANE – Enkonka community in Lavumisa is still reeling from shock following an attack by a group of young men imbibing in a traditional brew known as tinyosi who have been terrorising the area.

Tinyosi is a traditional brew which is made from a concoction of honeycomb and pawpaw, which are then brewed and mixed with other ingredients.
In simplest terms, honeycomb is a structure of wax made by bees to store honey and eggs.

Close to 15 community members have suffered the vicious attack from these young men, while one survived a fatal stabbing.
This has resulted in the Qomintaba Royal Kraal calling all local shebeens to a meeting on Saturday to stop them from operating.

The area’s Indvuna Elias Ndzinisa confirmed that they had been troubled by the young men in the area who drank the substance then attacked innocent members of the community.

Summoning

Ndzinisa said as a result they summoned all the community members including the shebeen owners to a meeting to be held at the royal kraal.
“The intention is to close down all the shebeens in the area but it will depend on whether we have mercy and allow them to brew other traditional brews and not tinyosi,” he said.

Ndzinisa said the tinyosi traditional brew made the people who drank it violent and stated that as a community, they were very much against that.
He said they heard disturbing news about young people aged between 15-30, who were abusing the alcoholic beverage. Ndzinisa said cases have also been reported to the police, while others were arrested for committing violent crimes.   

“Our women, children and men are in danger. Walking in the streets is no longer safe and they fear that they might come across the dangerous young people who imbibe in this drink, who’s alcohol content is unknown,” he said.
Simon Shiba, who was stabbed by his own child aged 18 after drinking the brew, said he was still shocked by incident.

Stabbed

Shiba said after he was stabbed, he was rescued by a neighbour who rushed him to the Matsanjeni Clinic with his intestines protruding from his stomach. He said following the stabbing his son made fun of what he had done.
According to Shiba, it all started at the shebeen where two of his sons aged 15 and 18 were drinking the concoction and started fighting each other.

“I was then called by the shebeen owners who told me to come and stop them as they would have killed each other,” Shiba related.
Shiba said while still trying to think of what to do, a group of boys came leading the two siblings to his homestead.

Post your comment

Your name:

Your e-mail address:

Add your comments:

Please enter the code you see in the image:

Image:

Code: