SowetanLive reports that one of the five City Power technicians who were allegedly attacked by music producer Chicco Twala claims that the weapon he threatened them with was a real gun and not a toy.

The technician also disputed Twala’s claims that he mistook them for cable thieves, asserting that they were dressed in overalls and drove a clearly marked City Power vehicle when Twala attacked them on Sunday night. The six technicians were attending to a reported power fault and Twala allegedly refused them access to the power box outside his yard. The technician claimed that Twala assaulted one of his colleagues and pointed a gun at the rest of the team. Twala has, however, insisted that he used a toy gun to scare off the technicians, whom he mistook for cable thieves. Standing just 2m away from the scuffle between Twala and his colleague, the technician said as soon as the musician cocked his gun, he froze and could not run away. Twala is said to have slapped the technician, choking and pinning him to the ground. “He is a liar. That was not a toy gun. I know the sound of a gun and that was a real one, there’s no two-ways about it. It was so loud, I can still hear it,” said the technician. He said he and other technicians ran away on seeing the gun. Twala appeared in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of common assault and pointing a firearm. He was released on R2,000 bail and is expected back in court in August.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Amanda Maliba at SowetanLive

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