Family beats man to death for wanting to watch soccor instead of religious show

A South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup football match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country, police said Thursday.

David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Australia play Germany in the World Cup.

The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.

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