Muso General Muzka feels targeted after his six cows are stolen and butchered

Legendary disco musician Chris Mkhonto, who is also known as General Muzka, has fallen prey to stock theft after his six cows were stolen and slaughtered in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga.

Mkhonto said his livestock was stolen in Cunningmore on Monday last week, adding that two of the cattle were pregnant. 

Mkhonto told Sowetan that he was forced to put down a cow that had legs cut off.

He said he also found limbs, heads and intestines in a field around the area on Friday, four days after the cows were stolen.

“My heart is sore. These people are cruel, they stole six of my cattle and two of them were pregnant which to me [means that they stole] eight [cows]. They killed five and cut the legs of one cow and left it like that and I had to put it down because it was suffering. These people are so cruel that they even took out the unborn calf and left it there.

"As musicians, we don’t have better retirement [and going into] farming, I thought I’m doing my investment there back at home where my soul is, but it’s hard because there are people who are targeting me,” said Mkhonto.

The artist, who has been in the industry for 30 years, said the incident had ruined his birthday mood. He turns 50 on Wednesday.

“Towards my birthday last year, I was robbed at my house in Gauteng. They robbed me and tied me in front of my kid and my colleague and took all my belongings, including my car which they used to load all those things.

"Now just on the 30th of July I find my cattle back home, where I thought we were safe, have been stolen. It hadn't occurred to me that the issue of stock theft in our areas is huge and people are selling the meat to our very own villagers at pension pay points and markets. Police know this but they don’t talk about it,” said Mkhonto.

Mpumalanga police could not immediately give comment as spokesperson Col Donald Mdluli said he was still gathering information regarding the case.