A man who was beaten, stabbed and castrated before being thrown down a 5m-deep manhole was in a stable condition in the Johannesburg hospital on Monday night, emergency management services reported.
Spokesperson Malcolm Midgley said the incident occurred in the veld at City Deep on Monday afternoon.
Midgley said it appeared that the 30-year-old man was beaten up by a group of people after they apparently argued over his living arrangements at his squatter camp.
He said one person involved in the incident was arrested at the scene. – Sapa