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Speargun miracle man on film

“IS THAT you on TV?” a voice bellowed from the pub section of Umkomaas’ Blue Ocean Dive Resort as the image of a spearfisherman with a spear through his head came on to the screen.

Mfundo Mpisane grabbed his beer and rushed over to where Scottburgh pastor Connie Hallowell sat watching a film about his August 2019 ordeal, having come to the diver’s stamping ground because he did not have DStv access at home.

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