The original story below, with the updated response from Food Lover’s Market appearing at the bottom of the page…

It’s been a while since we have seen one of these videos doing the rounds, and that’s a good thing.

At the moment the details surrounding the video below remain sketchy, but it has been confirmed that the incident in question took place this past Sunday, February 25.

According to the Citizen, a “Food Lover’s Market spokesperson revealed that the company is busy investigating the incident, and will provide a statement as soon as due investigative and disciplinary processes have been followed”.

The allegation is that the incident is racially motivated, with as many as three people abusing the employee. According to this tweet from local comedian David Kau, the employee’s name is Banele Mdingazwe.

A quick warning that there is bad language and some distressing footage below:

Kau also says the following:

One of the assaulting man went to the supervisor and fabricated lies that the victim wanted to stab him.

That, along with other claims, remains unsubstantiated.

UPDATE: Food Lover’s Market have reached out to us and provided their statement. Here it is in full below:

We can confirm that an incident took place at our Lenasia store on Sunday, 25th February – part of which was filmed and is now circulating on social media. Food Lover’s Market does not condone any form of violence and we are shocked that this incident transpired on our premises.

From our investigation into this incident it has come to light that the team member who is being restrained and held to the ground had, prior to the filming of this incident, attempted to stab his colleague with a knife. The supervisor, who can be seen in the footage sitting astride the team member, intervened to disarm the team member and prevent him from stabbing his colleague. Witness accounts from other team members who were present at the time of the incident confirm how the altercation started.

The South African Police Service arrested all three individuals involved in this incident this morning. All three individuals are due to appear in the Lenasia Magistrates Court this afternoon where they will be charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

We view this incident in an extremely serious light and we will, parallel to the criminal process, continue to follow our internal processes that will include an internal disciplinary process in respect of all three individuals involved in this incident.

[sources:citizen&twitter]