Mozambican-born Mr Macedo Wamba (35) lives in KaBokweni. Wamba was waiting for his brother-in-law at the Pick n Pay shopping centre in White River when he saw a wallet lying in the corridor.
He kept looking at it to see if anyone was going to turn around, frantically looking for their wallet but no one did. He then picked it up and walked around to see if anyone missed a wallet.
“When I saw no one was looking for it I knew I would have to look inside to find any form of identification,” Wamba said. “I saw it contained R3 020 and I knew someone would be looking for it soon. I mean, that is a lot of money!”
Wamba saw an ID and a bus card. The latter contained a telephone number of one Ms Sphiwe Ndlovu.
“I told her I had her wallet containing R3 000. I don’t think she was aware that she had lost it until I phoned her,” he said. “I told her to meet me at the shopping centre and that I was wearing a black and white shirt so she could identify me.”
Wamba lied about his clothes. “I wanted to see her before she saw me, so I could have a better idea of whether she would lie to me about owning the wallet or not.
