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This road rage incident in Carletonville, Gauteng is hard to watch.

A woman was captured in a video doing the rounds on social media getting assaulted by a man who allegedly came at her out of road rage on Tuesday.

Azile Mthamo told TimesLIVE that she was left completely traumatised and is terribly upset that the video has even been seen by her children, the youngest of which is four years old.

She said that the man identified as Tienie van der Walt unleashed his fury on her yesterday when she was on her way home from her school, a beauty academy:

“[Van der Walt ] was parked outside his house and as I was approaching he went into his car and continued to drive onto the road without considering I was not far away. I hooted to warn him and he drove for a few seconds and then reversed into my car.

“We both came out of the cars and while I was assessing my car he did not ask if I’m okay or anything. He did not even [attempt] to talk about a way forward. Then an altercation started. He beat me because I was trying to make sure he takes responsibility and we discuss the problem,” alleged Mthamo.

Watch the incident as it happened:

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Mthamo said the attack has given her nightmares:

“I have not been going to school. It’s a lot trying to understand why this happened. It also affected my kids because they saw the video. Today my four-year-old was asking if I am going to school and I said yes. He said:  ‘Mom don’t go to that white man. [He] is gonna (sic) beat you again’. My heart sank. That man humiliated me, brutalised me, for what?” she asked.

A case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm had been opened at the Carletonville police station.

Police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo said the 74-year-old suspect was arrested on February 17 and taken to Carletonville magistrate’s court where he was released on bail.

The suspect is expected to appear again at the same court on March 16, 2023.

[source:timeslive]